A farm practice of production and management of a mango farm located in

Date

7-2011

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

Major Course

Major in Horticulture

College

College of Agriculture and Food Science (CAFS)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Rene Rafael C. Espino

Abstract

The major practice was conducted in Apacionado's farm in Barangay Wakat, Nagcarlan, Laguna and focused on the production and management of a mango farm. The range of the farm practice is from flower induction to harvesting. The production practices, along with pesticide testing and assessment are handled by the contractor Mr. Leo de Los Reyes and his production crew. The landowner, Mrs. Aniceta Apacionado, is paid 50% of the total harvest as rental for the use of the trees and for allowing the conduct of pesticide experiment in the farm. Data on all factors were collected through interview of the caretaker, and contractor and visits and interview of the local government unit and the Barangay officials. The trees were sprayed with 5% KNO3 solution last January 2011 and those that did not flower were re-sprayed last February 2011. Forty three (43) trees or 59% flowered, 35% flushed while the remaining 6% did not respond. For pest management, the contractor practiced the calendar method of spraying pesticides. The pesticides used were carbaryl, cypermethrin, dinotefuran, difenoconazole, and azoxystrobin. Some coded pesticides were also used for testing and assessment purposes. The trees were sprayed 5 times with cocktails of pesticide. Harvesting was done at 110-120 days after flower induction. The yield reached 1432 kg of fruits of which 5% or 71.5 kg were rejects due to different causes (cracking, insect pest damage, or due to fruit drop). Total production cost including depreciation cost of equipment and tools and tree rental was Php66,049 while total income was Php68,020. Php 48.55 was spent to produce a kilogram of mango.

Recommendations to improve the farm were presented. These include pruning interlocking branches in the canopy after harvest, fertilization using the recommendation of Espino et sl. in 2001, sanitation by burning or burying fruits infested with fruit fly, weeding, fencing of the farm and selecting ready to flower trees using the recommended shoot maturity indices.

Language

English

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

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