Vol. 12, Issue 12 (2023)

Author(s):
Jadhao RS, Damodhar VP, Kulkarni MM, Pawar CD and Mane AV

Abstract:
The present study revealed that all the treatments had a significant effect on incidence of spongy tissue and quality aspects of Alphonso mango. The findings suggest that treatment T₂ (T₁ + spreading of 20 cm thick dry grass mulch at pea stage) displayed notable effectiveness in reducing the incidence of spongy tissue in mangoes harvested at both 85% fruit maturity and the tree-ripe stage, while the treatment T₅ (Foliar application Amrashakti (2.5%) at vegetative stage, 50% flowering and egg size fruit + Bagging with newspaper bags at marble stage) shown the better result in chemical aspects of Alphonso mango such as TSS, total sugars, reducing sugar, ascorbic acid and lowest titratable acidity. Further study observed that harvesting time had a key factor on influenced of spongy tissue incidence, fruits show less spongy tissue incidence (10.75%) when harvested at 85% fruit maturity as compared to those harvested at tree ripe stage (13.50%).