Amrapali (mango)

Amrapali is a mango variety introduced in 1971. It was developed as a hybrid variety of Dasheri and Neelum by Dr. P. K. Majumdar at the Indian Agriculture Research Institute at Pusa, Delhi IARI. Since then this mango has been introduced in the farms and orchards across India.

Characteristics

The tree is Dwarf, regular bearer, cluster. Bearing, small sized fruits, good keeping quality.^[1] Its flesh is deep orange red and the fruit contains approximately 2.5–3.0 times more β carotene content than other commercial varieties of mango. However it is known to have a shorter shelf life.The average yield is 16 tonnes / hectare . ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. "MANGO (Mangifera indica)". Retrieved August 15, 2012.
2. Singh, Ranjan Kumar and Singh, R N (2010). "Effect of Post Harvest Treatments on Shelf life of Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Fruits cv. Amrapali". Research Journal of Agricultural Sciences 1 (4): 415–418.
3. Fruit growing by J S Bal