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Dodo
    Club Mango

  • Origin: Kenya
  • Fruit size: Medium
  • Weight in grams: 400
  • Yield: Heavy
  • Fruit color: yellowish/deep reddish
  • Fresh color: Yellow/orange
  • Fibre content: Moderate
  • Seed type: Polyembryonic
  • Fruit shape: Oval
  • Seed percentage: 8.6
  • Eating quality: Good
  • Regularity of bearing: Alternate
  • Tree habit: Very large and sprending
  • County: Embu
  • Harvesting season: December -January/February
  • Pest attack: Mealbug, mango weavil
  • Disease: Powdery mildew
  • Susceptibility: Very large
  • Advantages: Travels well to the market
  • Disadvantages: Huge tree difficult to harvest, tendency towards biennial bearing colouration
  • Irrigation: Research ongoing
  • Fertilizer: Research ongoing
  • Pesticides: Research ongoing
  • Fungicides: Research ongoing

The fruits are oval with deep reddish or yellowish green smooth surface. It is medium sized with flattish cheeks and a prominent beak. The variety has a low limited distribution on farms.

Pests and Diseases
  
Mango fruit fly

Mealybugs

Mango aphid

Powdery mildew
 
Anthracnose 		Mango survey
Mbeere  

Kilifi  

Makueni

Mango varieties in Embu and Makueni by District		 Challenges

Cultural practices

Postharvest treatment

Chemical control

Challenges to Mango planting		 Improvement

Mango planting

Mango Improvement Strategy
  By: Phanuel Oballa and Rachel Kariuki                                                                                            © 2019 KEFRI/KALRO Mango Research