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Enhancing yield and quality of mango cv. Amrapali through foliar and soil application of boron: Enhancing yield and quality of mango cv. Amrapali

DOI
https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.13050
Submitted
3 December 2025
Published
04-08-2026
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Abstract

This experiment was conducted at Bangladesh Agricultural University Germplasm Centre (BAU-GPC) and Postharvest Laboratory of the Department of Horticulture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh during November 2023 to July 2024 to explore the effects of boron (B) on reduction of fruit cracking and improvement of yield and quality of mango cv. Amrapali. The experiment was laid out in randomised complete block design (RCBD) with 3 replications. The study comprised of eight treatments viz., T1: Control, T2: 50 g/plant of boric acid (BA) by soil application (SA), T3: 100 g/plant of BA by SA, T4 : 150 g/plant of BA by SA, T5: 0.5 % of BA by foliar application (FA), T6 : 1 % of BA by FA, T7: 1.5 % of BA by FA, T8: 50 g of BA by SA + 0.5 % BA by FA. Boron was applied in December, while FA was done in twice at pea and marble sizes of fruits. Results show that number of fruits per plant (182.67), fresh weight (188.83 g/fruit), length (10.31 cm), diameter (7.02 cm), weight of fruits (19.73 kg/plant), weight of marketable fruits (19.64 kg/plant), marketable yield (7.86 t/ha) and total sugar content (16.11 %) were the highest, while fruit cracking (0.37 %), titratable acidity (TA) (0.21 %) were the lowest in treatment T6 (1 % of BA by FA) as compared to control. The control plants exhibited the maximum fruit cracking, lowest total sugar, highest TA with lower fruit quality and smaller fruits, whereas treatment T6 performed successful for nominal cracked fruits, highest marketable fruit yield and better quality of mango cv. Amrapali.

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