Morphological Characterization of Mango (Mangifera indica L) Seedling Progenies for Flowering and Yield Contributing Traits

Author: Abdul Latheef A.*, Pugalendhi L., Aneesa Rani, M.S., Jeyakumar P. and Kumar M.

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Abstract

Mango (Mangifera indica. L) is extremely important because of its high economic worth and significant contribution to agricultural exports at both the global and national levels. In the seedling population of mango, there is a lot of genetic variety. High heritability allows breeders to select plants based on phenotypic expression in agricultural development programmes. Studies were carried out on mango genotypes which flowers throughout the year at farmer’s field, Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu, during 2019-2021. Observations were recorded on various morphological parameters such as qualitative characters examined by comparison with (IPGRI). From the observations made, the mango genotypes expressed morphological variations from genotype to genotype. These morphological variations indicate that the progenies were showing wide variation among each other in the 25 mango genotypes studied. Plant variety registration, genotype identification, and tree improvement programmes will all ben

Keywords

Mango; Polyembryony; Variation; Characterization; Improvement.

Conclusion

The easiest, shortest, and most easily adaptable approach for identifying clones at the field level is through morphological features, which is required for tree improvement programmes. Mango genotypes identified in this study were seedling population which flowers throughout the year and produce fruits in three seasons, could be exploited for commercial purpose and multiplied through vegetative means. The evaluation of morphological variations obtained in the study might help the breeders for various genetic breeding programs in mango cultivars and also serve as a baseline for further study on mango in the area. However, to confirm whether the variations are genetic in nature there is need for characterization using molecular markers.

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Latheef, A. A.; Pugalendhi, L.; Rani, A. M. S.; Jeyakumar, P. and Kumar, M. (2022). Morphological Characterization of Mango (Mangifera indica L) Seedling Progenies for Flowering and Yield Contributing Traits. Biological Forum – An International Journal,