Navneet Kumar* and S.K. Attar
Agriculture Experimental Station, Paria,
Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, Gujarat 396145
Email navneetdsingh@nau.in
Received-03.11.2015, Revised-11.11.2015
Abstract: The present investigation was carried out at the Navsari Agriculture University Experimental Station, Paria, Gujarat, India during three years (2008-09 to 2010-11) to study the effect of ploughing time on flowering and fruiting in of mango ‘Kesar’. The experiment was laid out with five treatments consisting of ploughing the orchard in the month of October, November, December, January and a control with no tillage in randomized block design with five replications. The results indicated that orchards in western parts of India may be ploughed in the month of November for higher production.
Keywords: Effect, Cultivation, Mango, Orchard
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