The arrival of Gujarat's famed Kesar mangoes in western India will be delayed. Low temperatures this winter have badly damaged and stunted mango crops in the region. Here's more.

The mango season is beginning but there are little sign of that in here in Talala. Mangoes are the main cash-crop here and for many farmers.

Markets typically receive about 35,000 boxes of Kesar mangoes everyday over a 45 day period. But this year, the wholesale market of mangoes is yet to receive even one box of these mangoes from mango growers.

[Shamsuddinbhai, Talala Mango Grower]:
"This time we had flowering before time. But due to unusually cold conditions this year during winter and the temperature dipping to 6 degrees Celsius, the mango flowers were damaged completely."

Another mango grower says that due to this year's meager production, it is very unlikely that Kesar mangoes will be exported.

[Nur Alibhai, Talala Mango Grower]:
"Last year there was a huge demand for our mangoes in the international market but this year we don't expect that we will be able to supply mangoes to foreign countries."

Experts say that mangoes now available in the market are ones that bloomed in the last phase of the flowering season.