Journal ID : AMA-19-08-2023-12523
[This article belongs to Volume - 54, Issue - 08]
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Title : Evolution of Feronia lemonia genotypes for growth, morphological, yield and quality traits under rainfed semi-arid tracts of western India

Abstract :

Wood apple botanically known as Feronia limonia, is important underutilized fruit species. This species have tremendous nutritional and medicinal as well as having huge fruit processing value but it considered as a neglected crop in India. Hence considering its drought hardy nature and climate resilient feature as well as wide adoptability from tropic to subtropics condition the elite germplams are collected from different part of Indian and established as field gene bank in years 2003-04. The evolution of these germplasm under field condition was conducted in years of 2019-20 for their qualitative as well quantatives characters and as well as its nutritional quality of fruits. During this studies also evaluated its suitable flowering and proper maturity indices of fruits. During the whole plant evolution studies among the genotypes, CHESWA-4, CHESWA-6 and CHESWA-10 were found superior in term of yield, quality and nutritional characters. In further observation, it was found that genotypes CHESWA-4 and CHESWA-6 were also found suitable for value addition product like pickles, jam, jelly, fruit powder etc. During the studies it observed that all the genotypes of wood apple exhibited considerable variability for morphological, qualitative and quantative traits.

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