What are the light quality,quantity and intensity requirements for growing mango under greenhouse or poly houses ?
Mango, a tropical fruit of great economic importance, is generally harvested green and commercialized after a period of storage. Unfortunately, the final quality of mango batches is very heterogeneous, both in terms of fruit size and in terms of taste quality and post-harvest behavior. Much knowledge has been gathered about the effects of the degree of ripeness in harvest and post-harvest conditions on the final quality of the mango. The influence of environmental factors on mango growth, quality characteristics and post-harvest behavior was given significantly less consideration. In this overview, we emphasize the fact that the final mango quality at the consumer level depends not only on the ripening phase in harvest and post-harvest conditions during storage and marketing, but also on environmental factors. These factors can be controlled by various cultural practices; H. Light and temperature through pruning, carbon availability through fruit dilution or water availability through irrigation management.
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