Diversities in Different Varieties of Mango in Gangetic West Bengal: Evaluation of Mango Germplasms Pertaining to Morphological and Physico-chemical Parameters

Dr. Kalyan Chakraborti is an young and energetic personality in the domain of Horticulture and has been working on mango for long fifteen years with full devotion and seriousness. This particular venture has instigated in him the specific potentiality for genuine comprehension in grasping the bedrock of orchard diversity in Gangetic West Bengal. He has conducted survey on seedling germplasms, folk varieties, clonal variations, commercial varieties and released hybrids in mango and evaluated them based on botanical and horticultural parameters withal. He even observed the vascular plants-association in mango agro-ecosystems closely. In his exalted attempts to focus the discernible light of investigation into the mango diversities of Gangetic West Bengal, he has delved deep into the orchardist-folk through his direct and integrated field investigation by participatory rural folk appraisal.