Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

CHEMICAL STUDIES OF EXOTIC MANGO CULTIVARS UNDERSOUTH GUJARAT AGRO-CLIMATIC CONDITIONS

Y.G. Desai, D.K. Sharma, R.M. Mangroliya and V.R. Zala

Abstract

The present investigation entitled “Performance of exotic mango cultivars under South Gujarat agro-climaticconditions” was conducted during 2018-19 at Agriculture Experimental Station, NAU, Paria and Center ofExcellence on Post Harvest Technology, Department of Post Harvest Technology, ASPEE College ofHorticulture and Forestry, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari. The experiment was taken on 15 yearold exotic mango cultivars planted at 8 m spacing in square system and laid out in a Completely RandomizedDesign (CRD) repeated thrice with nine treatments. Among these cultivar Maya was found to be superiorwith respect to TSS, ascorbic acid, reducing sugar, total sugar and overall acceptability.