Variability in Wild Pomegranate (Punica granatum l.) Population from Ganderbal and Budgam Districts of Kashmir Valley

Imtiyaz A  Wani; M  Y  Bhat; Shaiq A  Ganai; Abid A  Lone; Aarifa Jan and M  M  Mir

doi:10.17485/ijst/2014/v7i10.7

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Variability in Wild Pomegranate (Punica granatum l.) Population from Ganderbal and Budgam Districts of Kashmir Valley

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Indian Journal of Science and Technology

DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2014/v7i10.7

Year: 2014, Volume: 7, Issue: 10, Pages: 1471–1474

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Variability in Wild Pomegranate (Punica granatum l.) Population from Ganderbal and Budgam Districts of Kashmir Valley

Imtiyaz A. Wani* , M. Y. Bhat, Shaiq A. Ganai, Abid A. Lone, Aarifa Jan and M. M. Mir

Division of Fruit science SKUAST-K Shalimar, Srinagar-191121, India; imtiyazwani91@yahoo.in

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Abstract

Intensive survey was conducted in different areas of district Ganderbal and Budgam during 2009. Significant variability was recorded with different morphological and physico-chemical properties of pomegranate genotypes. Yield per tree ranged from (13.80–58.40Kg) and yield efficiency (0.30–1.58Kg/cm2), fruit length (5.06–7.30 cm), fruit diameter (6.16–8.29 cm), fruit weight (120.25–297.50 g), total aril weight (58–194.25 g), weight per aril (0.18–0.29 g). Fruit chemical varied from TSS (12–16 %), juice content (32.85–60.12 %), acidity (0.31–0.46 %), TSS/acid ratio (26.09–45.96), ascorbic acid content (9.23–20.26), reducing sugar content (6.22–9.23 %), total sugars content (7.31–11.23 %) and anthocyanin content (9.65– 19.23 mg/100 g of fruit). The data presented may be helpful in understanding pest resistance among pomegranate.

Keywords: Genotypes, Pomegranate, Selection, Survey, Variability