Eating easy

A new hybrid variety of seedless
mango has been recently developed
by scientists at the Regional Fruit
Research Station of the Konkan
Vidyapeeth at Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. This high-yielding dwarf
variety called Sindhu, was developed by crossbreeding Neelam and
Alphonso varieties and has been
released for commercial cultivation.
In 1981, the original cross between
Neelam and Alphonso yielded
Ratna, which was further backcrossed with Alphonso to yield
Sindhu. The stone of this fibreless
variety is thin and weighs just 6 gm
while stones of Ratna and Alphonso
weigh 37 gm and 28 gm respectively.