DEVELOPMENT OF A PACKAGE FOR INTENSIVE CULTIVATION OF MANGO USING ULTRA-HIGH DENSITY PLANTING (UHDP), DRIP AND FERTIGATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR HIGHER PRODUCTIVITY

A.U. CHAUDHARI¹, B. KRISHNA², P. SOMAN³*, V.R. BALASUBRAHMANYAM^4
1Research, Development and Demonstration Farms, Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd., Udumalpet, Tirupur District, 642154, Tamil Nadu, India
²Research, Development and Demonstration Farms, Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd., Udumalpet, Tirupur District, 642154, Tamil Nadu, India
³Research, Development and Demonstration Farms, Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd., Udumalpet, Tirupur District, 642154, Tamil Nadu, India
⁴Research, Development and Demonstration Farms, Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd., Udumalpet, Tirupur District, 642154, Tamil Nadu, India
* Corresponding Author : dr.soman@jains.com

Received : 01-12-2019     Accepted : 13-12-2019     Published : 15-12-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 23       Pages : 9280 - 9284
Int J Agr Sci 11.23 (2019):9280-9284

Keywords : UHDP, Mango, High density, GAP, Drip, Fertigation
Academic Editor : Ramhari Painkara, Rima Kumari, Dr K S Vinayaka
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Research, Development and Demonstration Farms, Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd., Udumalpet, Tirupur District, 642154, Tamil Nadu, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Largest area under mango cultivation in the world is in India. However, the productivity is one of the lowest. The reasons are many, large number senile orchards, traditional methods of cultivation, mostly rain-fed or with occasional flow irrigation during fruit development, poor attention to the canopy, nutrition, pest and diseases, and lack of use of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), lack of awareness among farmers of modern techniques like micro irrigation and fertigation, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Integrated Nutrition Management (INM), and modern post-harvest management methods. The Research and Development team of Jain Irrigation carried out a number of field trials, with high and ultra-high density plantation techniques in mango and tried to determine, irrigation and fertilizer requirement using drip technology and based on the results of soil and leaf analysis for targeted yields, and crop regulation by optimum canopy management and use of Paclobutrazol (PBZ) for early uniform and regular flowering. They followed, IPM, Global-GAP and standardized, a package of practices for mango cultivars, under high density (4.5 m X 4.5 m) and ultra- high-density mango (3 m X 2 m). The composite mango production technology thus developed over a period of 14 years in the Research, Development and Demonstration Farms of JISL is now extended to many growers in the country. The mango yields increased two to three times, the gestation period for the first harvest was reduced to three to four years, the quality of fruits was good for export and fruiting was regular even in shy-bearing cultivars like Alphonso and Himampasand.

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