BSS, Rajshahi :
Proper and sustainable management has become an urgent task to save mango flower and fruit from premature dropping as the gardeners and businessmen suffer a lot due to the problem, scientists and researchers at a training session here said Thursday.
They viewed premature flower and fruit drop is a nightmare for the gardener and they can check the problem to some extent through following some prescribed guidelines properly.
To address the problem, the field level agricultural extension and research officials, farmers and other concerned should work together and they should promote modern technologies in this regard.
The observations came at the inaugural session of a daylong training for the trainers and farmers styled “Sustainable Management of Flower and Fruit Dropping of Mango” held at Fruit Research Station (FRS) in Rajshahi. Some 70 agricultural field level extension and research staff and farmers joined the training.
Horticulture Research Center (HRC) of Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) jointly organized the training with financial support from Krishi Gobeshona Foundation (KGF).
Dr Modan Gopal Saha, Chief Scientific Officer and Head of HRC, addressed the session as chief guest while Chief Scientific Officer Dr Shafiqul Islam and Principal Scientific Officer Dr Debashish Sarker spoke as special guests with Dr Alim Uddin, Principal Scientific Officer of FRS, in the chair.
Principal Scientific Officer Dr Babul Chandra Sarker, Senior Scientific Officers Dr Shafiqul Islam and Mosharraf Hossain also spoke on the occasion.
The discussants said flower and fruit drop in such plants especially mango can be attributed to many causes both physical and pathological. Sudden changes in temperature or humidity, poor nutrition management, hormonal imbalance, improper soil moisture are the physiological causes and the fungal infections lead to pathological fruit drop. Incidence of insect pest attack is another cause, they mentioned.
Dr Modan Mohan says mango trees do best in warm climates such as those found in subtropical and tropical locations. However, an established mango tree generally can survive temperatures at about 25 degrees Fahrenheit for a few hours.
The best way to prevent fruit dropping caused by temperature is to plant mangoes in the area where suitable weather prevails. If the mango tree is not getting the right amount of water, it can begin dropping fruit prematurely and the tree could be fall in danger.
Dr Alim Uddin opined that improper fertilization can cause the mangoes to drop fruit prematurely and reduce the quantity of mangoes produced. Mangoes require nitrogen fertilizer designed for use on fruit trees to encourage healthy and ample growth and flower production.
Proper and sustainable management has become an urgent task to save mango flower and fruit from premature dropping as the gardeners and businessmen suffer a lot due to the problem, scientists and researchers at a training session here said Thursday.
They viewed premature flower and fruit drop is a nightmare for the gardener and they can check the problem to some extent through following some prescribed guidelines properly.
To address the problem, the field level agricultural extension and research officials, farmers and other concerned should work together and they should promote modern technologies in this regard.
The observations came at the inaugural session of a daylong training for the trainers and farmers styled “Sustainable Management of Flower and Fruit Dropping of Mango” held at Fruit Research Station (FRS) in Rajshahi. Some 70 agricultural field level extension and research staff and farmers joined the training.
Horticulture Research Center (HRC) of Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) jointly organized the training with financial support from Krishi Gobeshona Foundation (KGF).
Dr Modan Gopal Saha, Chief Scientific Officer and Head of HRC, addressed the session as chief guest while Chief Scientific Officer Dr Shafiqul Islam and Principal Scientific Officer Dr Debashish Sarker spoke as special guests with Dr Alim Uddin, Principal Scientific Officer of FRS, in the chair.
Principal Scientific Officer Dr Babul Chandra Sarker, Senior Scientific Officers Dr Shafiqul Islam and Mosharraf Hossain also spoke on the occasion.
The discussants said flower and fruit drop in such plants especially mango can be attributed to many causes both physical and pathological. Sudden changes in temperature or humidity, poor nutrition management, hormonal imbalance, improper soil moisture are the physiological causes and the fungal infections lead to pathological fruit drop. Incidence of insect pest attack is another cause, they mentioned.
Dr Modan Mohan says mango trees do best in warm climates such as those found in subtropical and tropical locations. However, an established mango tree generally can survive temperatures at about 25 degrees Fahrenheit for a few hours.
The best way to prevent fruit dropping caused by temperature is to plant mangoes in the area where suitable weather prevails. If the mango tree is not getting the right amount of water, it can begin dropping fruit prematurely and the tree could be fall in danger.
Dr Alim Uddin opined that improper fertilization can cause the mangoes to drop fruit prematurely and reduce the quantity of mangoes produced. Mangoes require nitrogen fertilizer designed for use on fruit trees to encourage healthy and ample growth and flower production.
