Indian scientists have reportedly developed a seedless mango, named Sindhu, after developing seedless grapes.
The mango which is finely textured and juicy, with a rich, sweet and has a distinctive flavour when mature, reported IANS.
While talking to IANS, VB Patel, chairman of the horticulture department at the Bihar Agriculture University (BAU) at Sabour in Bhagalpur district said: “We have developed a seedless mango variety from hybrids of mango varieties Ratna and Alphonso. We are happy and enthusiastic as well as confident and hopeful of improving the seedless mango variety."
“An average fruit weighs 200 grams and its pulp, which is yellowish in colour, has less fibre than other mango varieties.”
He said: “The trials of the Sindhu variety, originally developed at the regional fruit research station of the Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth at Dapoli in Maharashtra's Konkan region, has thrown up good fruiting on a three-year-old plant this year. It generally grows in a bunch and the fruit matures during the middle of July.”
Patel said the trial has successfully established that seedless mangoes could be grown in local conditions.
