LUCKNOW, April 3 -- Fluctuating weather in the last two months has affected the mango crop during the flowering season in the mango belt of Mal and Malihabad, scientists aver. However, they still anticipate an overall good yield this year.

Principal scientist and head of the department, crop protection, ICAR-Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture (CISH), Rehmankhera, PK Shukla, said, "50% of the mango flowering in Maal and Malihabad region and districts around Lucknow was destroyed due to unusual weather pattern in February and March which is the time when the mango flowers (buar) bloom."

He added, "The sudden rise and drop in temperatures in the last two months was bad for mango flowers which need stable weather to grow and sur...