Question: ) What is the bearing habit of mango trees?
Options:
Terminal
Axillary
Mixed bearing habit
All of the above
Mango produce flowers and fruits on new growth that emerged the previous year.
• 📌📌 Other options Explanation:
-Terminal: Fruits develop at the tips of branches. (Incorrect for mango trees)
-Axillary: Fruits develop at the point where leaves meet stems. (Incorrect for mango trees)
-Alternate Bearing: Alternate bearing, or biennial bearing, is a common problem in mango cultivation, characterized by alternating years of heavy and light fruit yields. This phenomenon occurs due to factors such as the exhaustion of trees during heavy crop years, excessive vegetative growth with high gibberellin hormone levels, and an imbalance in the carbon to nitrogen ratio.