Vol. 10, Issue 12 (2021)

Author(s):
P Sridevi, M Sankaran, KV Ravishankar, KS Shivashankara, P Vinay Kumar Reddy and M Viswanath

Abstract:
The present study was conducted at IIHR, Bengaluru during 2019 & 2020with 8 mango half sib populations consists of 200 progenies (Lazzat baksh, Kesar, Goa Mankurad, Malanji, Dashehari, Sensation, Himsagar and Mandoor Khatta) were assessed and compared using morphological characters such as plant height, stem girth, number of primary branches, primary branch length, leaf length, leaf width, ratio of leaf length / leaf width, and petiole length and descriptive statistics analysis was done. Among the eight half sib groups studied, the highest mean plant height (1.88 m), stem girth (4.74 cm) and primary branch length (0.90 m) was recorded by Lazzat baksh half sib group. Highest number of primary branches (2.60) and leaf length (22.80 cm) was observed by Dashehari half sib population. The Malanji half sib population recorded highest mean leaf width (5.63 cm) while highest mean petiole length was recorded by Himsagar half sib group (6.53 cm).