On Tuesday 10 May, a red mango variety, grown by Sk. Jalaludduin, was formally released in Telangana. The variety has not yet been named, although Mr. Jalaluddin is in talks with officials of the Agriculture University there.
Mr. Jalaluddin had collected different saplings from a forest area for his nursery out of which one was left to grow for a year that yielded red mangoes. Later, he started working on the mother plant and developed seedlings from that. At present, he has five mother trees and about 60 trees grown from the seedlings and he is planning to expand it to another six acres in the coming season. “Even after the harvest, the mango fruit is in good shape and has more fibre. Even the largest fruit will not be more than 300 grams,” Mr. Jalaluddin told The Hindu .
With the expansion, it is estimated that each acre would accommodate about 120 saplings under an ultra high density system. He says while the cost for expansion the first year would be between Rs. 18,000 and Rs. 20,000, the annual expenditure would be about Rs. 6,000 from second year onwards.
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Source: thehindu.com
