ISHS Acta Horticulturae 231: II International Symposium on Mango
SESSION—I - MANGO—WORLD SITUATION |
| Authors: | Dr. K.L. Chadha, Dr. U.V. Sulladmath |
| Abstract:
Out of 8 papers received, four were presented orally. One paper on 'Possibilities of producing grafted mangoes in Reunion Island' was presented through posters. Dr. K.L. Chadha presented the Keynote Address on ‘Mango Industry of the World’. He made a comprehensive coverage of the present status relating to area, production, varietal situation, seasons of availability, propagation techniques, pests and disease situation, and major problems facing the mango industry of the world. He also elaborated on the world trade in fresh mango and processed products indicating exporting and importing countries. The talk brought out the fact that India was the major mango growing country of the world with nearly 62.5 per cent of the world production of 13.44 million tonnes. Besides India, nearly 60 countries had now a production level of 1000 tonnes while 20 countries had production level of 1 lakh tonnes/year. Other major mango producing countries are Brazil, the Philippines, Mexico, Haiti, Pakistan and South Africa. It was brought out in the discussion that Australia is fast emerging as a major mango producing country and is concentrating on cultivation of variety Kensington. In most other countries, mango industry is yet to make much headway. It was felt that there is an urgent need to collect and conserve all the wild species of Mangifera available in different geographical locations of the world. The shortage of raw material both of table varieties and those used by the processing industry was brought out. To tide over this situation, emphasis needs to be laid on cultivation of grafted varieties needed for this purpose. There is need to have diversification of varieties in order to have early, midseason or late bearing types to suit specific situations. Besides varieties for different purpose, namely, juice, pulp, slices and pickles need to be identified so that processing industries can be developed based on these varieties. Problems, such as irregular bearing, floral and vegetative malformation continue to defy solutions. Concerted and coordinated approach involving multi-disciplinary collaboration among mango growing countries is necessary. Special problems, such as embryo abortion, early blooming resulting in poor fruit set and crop failure, which are posing serious constraints in some | |
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