Vol. 18 No. 3
Comparative study on physico-chemical properties of F1 hybrids and its parent of guava (Psidium guajava L.) in Terai Agro-Climatic Zone of West Bengal
Author(s): Z. W. SHERPA, A. CHAKRABORTY, N. BHOWMICK, A. N. DEY, A. SARKAR AND S. KHALKO
Abstract:
An experiment was conducted at Instructional Farm of Department of Pomology and Post-Harvest Technology, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, during 2019-2020 and 2020-2021, for a comparative study of the guava. A restricted crossing programme was conducted using Red Fleshed genotype as pollen doner plant and four white-fleshed genotypes as fruit giving plant. All the parents as well as their F1 hybrids were evaluated. The treatment combination was T1: Allahabad Safeda, T2: Baruipur, T3: L-49, T4: Doodh Khaja, T5: Red Fleshed, T6: Allahabad Safeda × Red Fleshed, T7: Baruipur× Red Fleshed, T8: L-49 × Red Fleshed, T9: Doodh Khaja × Red Fleshed. Results revealed that T9 (Doodh Khaja × Red Fleshed) has maximum value for the characteristics like fruit weight (231.36 g), fruit length (6.84 cm), fruit width (5.64 cm), 100 seeds weight (1.67 g) and fruit yield (17.38 kg tree- )1. Whereas T7 (Baruipur × Red Fleshed) has highest TSS (11.03°B), acidity (0.36%), total sugar (7.11%), reducing sugar (4.90%), meanwhile maximum ascorbic acid (143.00 mg 100g-1 pulp) was found in T8 (L49 × Red Fleshed). All the F1 hybrids showed better result as compare to their parent plant.
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