Assessment of comparative performance irrigation practice during fruit development in Alphonso mango

Abstract

The frontline demonstrations on protected irrigation in Alphonso mango during fruit development were conducted in 5 villages of Deogad tahsil of Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra during the fruiting season 2020. Among the selected growers for assessment of technology, 68.33 percent of farmers had a 'high' level of knowledge about irrigation to mango trees during fruit development stage, while 31.67 percent of respondents had a medium level of knowledge. None of the respondents were found in 'low' category of knowledge. The highest fruit retention at harvest (5.79 per cent) was found in irrigation practice. The increase in the fruit weight 4.19% was due to irrigation practice. The yield of mango fruits (153.2 fruits tree-1 and 36.2 kg tree-1) was registered in the irrigation demonstration.