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Fruit size contributing traits in pomegranate (Punica granatum) cv Dholka under temperate condition

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Title Fruit size contributing traits in pomegranate (Punica granatum) cv Dholka under temperate condition
 
Creator LAL, S
AHMED, N
VERMA, M K
 
Subject Correlation, Factor analysis, Fruit size, Pomegranate, Temperate, Traits
 
Description The present investigation conducted to study the fundamental aspects of fruit development that determine fruit size would indicate how and when size could be affected and to specify which components could be environmentally manipulated and which are fixed under genetic control. With this objective fruit compositional changes in pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) cv Dholka, comprises length, volume and weight, seed+aril weight and number of seed+aril per fruit , rind weight, rind thickness seed, calyx length, calyx diameter and juice content were evaluated in fruits of variable sizes.Pearson correlations and factor analysis were determined to find out association among fruit and aril traits. Results indicated that fruit length, fruit volume, fruit weight, seed+aril weight per fruit and number of seed+aril per fruit are closely correlated therefore; any of these traits could be utilized as an indicator of fruit size. The number of seed+arils per fruit was highly correlated with fruit size with larger fruit containing greater numbers of arils. This is in contrast to individual average aril weight, which showed no significant relationship to fruit size. These results will be useful to breeding programs that require awareness of fruit qualities in the selection of traits for improvement. For production strategies which aim inincreasing aril numbers for obtaining larger fruits in pomegranate cv Dholka under temperate condition.
 
Publisher The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
 
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Date 2013-05-06
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/29640
 
Source The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences; Vol 83, No 5 (2013)
0019-5022
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/29640/13342
 
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