Trade Potential Evaluation of Indigenous and Exotic Mango Genotypes Through Physico-chemical and Sensory Attributes

Despite the immense market and growing demand of Pakistani mango, there has beena rapid decrease in the production and export of mango in the last few years. Low yield and poorquality are considered the major limiting factors in export. Therefore, some high yielding good qualityexotic mango cultivars were acclimatized in the country and a comprehensive research studieswere executed to investigate the yield potential, fruit physico-chemical characters and sensorialaspects. Diverse seventeen commercial and noncommercial indigenous and exotic mango varietieswere selected to collect and analyze fruit morphological data under randomized complete blockdesign (RCBD). There was significantly high fruit weight and pulp contents in ‘Kensington Pride’.Total soluble solids (TSS) were higher (21.9 B°) in ‘Chaunsa’, while, titratable acidity (TA) waslowest in ‘Lambay Alfansu’ and ‘Momi-K’. However, reducing sugars (RS) (4.83%), non-reducingsugars (NRS) (16.38%) and total sugars (TS) (21.21%) were significantly high in ‘Surkha Burma’.Ascorbic acid contents (AA) were high in ‘Momi-K’, whereas, total antioxidants (0.68 mM Troloxg^-1), total carotenoids (TC) (52.0 μg 100^-1) and flavonoids (1.79 μg 100^-1) were significantly high in‘Faisalabad Selection’. Faisalabad Selection and ‘Surkha Burma’ exhibited high score for taste, flavor, texture, aroma and pulp color compared to other indigenous and exotic varieties. It is concluded that‘Faisalabad Selection’, ‘Surkha Burma’ and ‘Kensington Pride’ among indigenous and exotic varieties,respectively, had potential in commercial trading and can expend the supply window of mango.