Practice Name:

Mangoes All Year Round

Details

Category	Crop Pest & Disease Management
Crop	Mango
Crop Family	Anacardiaceae
Scientific Name	(Mangifera indica)
Vernacular Name	Mango Tree
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Manure mixed with navsagar and lime.
Details Of Innovation	To get off-season fruits from a mango tree, fertilize it with manure mixed with navsagar and lime. To increase the fruiting of the mango tree, dig a circular pit to a depth of 30 to 40 cm. in the basin. The soil from this pit should be removed and the roots of the tree exposed. The line roots are cut but the bigger roots are not damaged. The roots are exposed for 7-8 days. Manure is applied to the pit and it is then filled with soil. This prevents the dropping of mango flowers and increases the number of fruits on the tree. To impart an attractive colour, mango fruits are mixed with red onion and kept between layers of straw. They are covered with straw to increase the temperature inside.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Mahajan
Address	Maharashtra
Languages Spoken	Marathi/Hindi
Vocation	Farming
State	Maharashtra

PAS 1	"Early flowering and fruiting in mango tree – A quarter to one feet pieces of alangium (Alangium salvifolium) and organic manure are layered on each other for three to four times in trench and compost is ready after 8 months of being buried. This compost is layered, around the trunk of mango (Mangifera indica) tree. It will induce early flowering and fruiting in mango tree. This is a traditional practice learnt from forefathers." https://mangifera.res.in/innovation.php
Other Community Practices	"Mahua flower are used as a food as well as used as an exchanger in tribal and rural areas. Mahua seeds are rich in edible fats so they have economic importance. Mahua fruits are used as vegetable and widely consumed by the tribes of western Odisha. Madhuca longifolia is also considered as medicinal herbs and is useful for external application in treating skin diseasesa, rheumatism, headache, chronic constipaption, piles, haemorrhoids and sometimes used as an emetic and galactagogue. Mahua oil is used for manufacturer of laundry soaps and detergent, and also used as cooking oil in various tribal region of India. Madhuca longifolia is reported by various scientist that it contain sapogenins, triterpenoids, steroids, saponins, flavonoids and glycosides. The tree is considered a boon by the tribal's who are forest dwellers and keenly conserve this tree. The tribes consider the mahua tree and the mahua drnk as paprt of their cultural heritage. So it is very much necessary to create awareness among the people to conserve the wild forest." https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257536534_Madhuca_Lonigfolia_Sapotaceae_A_review_of_its_traditional_uses_and_nutritional_proporties
Practice ID	KNW0020000000493
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/117
Reference	HBN database
Technology Transfer Terms	DIY

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