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The
mango (Mangifera Indica) belongs to the family Anacardiaceane whose 40
species are found in South Asia and 13 of them cultivated for edible
fruits. The mangifera Indica varieties in Sindh are: Sindhri,
Beganpali, Swarnarika, Neelum, Desahri, Langra, Alphonso, Siroli, and
Chaunsa. Due to genetic erosion and biological diversity is important
to conserve the germplasm and improved rootstocks of mangoes and
improve these varieties further, by having desirable characters by
genetic principles which help in plant breeding, breeding for disease
resistance, breeding for quality trials and mutation breeding. There
are mangoes which are self sterile and these could easily be used for
crossing with various varieties of good characteristics. Plant
breeding process reuiqre considering various factors e.g physiological
(biomass, leaf area, specific leaf colour and weight) and
morphological characters e.g., (flowering pattenr, number of mature
seed, vegetative growth which directly or indirectly have influence on
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