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THE EXTENT OF MICRO MINERALS IN HEALTHY AND MALFORMED ORGANS OF MANGO

SYED ABDUL LATIF SHAH¹, ZAFAR IQBAL², KAFEEL AHMAD³, MUHAMMAD DANISH⁴, ZAFAR IQBAL KHAN³, ZAHOOR-UL-HASSAN DOGAR⁵, MUHAMMAD ASHRAF SHAHEEN⁴, MUHAMMAD UMAIR ARSHAD⁶,SHEIKH SAEED AHMAD⁷ , MUHAMMAD SHER⁸ AND EHSAN ELAHI VALEEM⁹*

Abstract: The present studies were conducted to explore the relation of micronutrient deficiency with malformation disease in three commercial mango cultivars viz. Dusehri, Langra and Malda. The concentrations of Co, Ni, Cr, Cd, Pb and Mg were analyzed in healthy and malformed organs of mango. This comparison indicated that these minerals have slight differences in concentration and their contents did not vary significantly between healthy and malformed variables. Some differences among concentration of magnesium in malformed and healthy parts of three cultivars were detected. The results of the study suggest that nutrients play no role in producing symptoms of mango malformation.

¹Department of Plant Pathology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

²University College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan

³Department of Biological Sciences, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan

⁴Department of Chemistry, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan

 ⁵Sargodha Medical College, Sargodha, Pakistan

⁶Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Pakistan

⁷Department of Environmental Sci., Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Department of Pharmacy, University of Sargodha, Pakistan

⁹Department of Botany, Govt. Degree College Buffer Zone, Karachi, Pakistan