Impact of girdling on quality and maturity of Patharnakh pear

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2014-09-25

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Girdling, pear, fruit development, fruit quality.
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Vol. 71 No. 03 (2014): Indian Journal of Horticulture

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  • Damandeep Singh Department of Fruit Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141 004
  • W.S Dhillon Department of Fruit Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141 004
  • N.P Singh Department of Fruit Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141 004
  • P.P.S Gill Department of Fruit Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141 004

Abstract

The response of ‘Patharnakh’ pear to girdling was evaluated on 18-year-old vigorous trees growing under uniform cultural practices. The fruits with best quality characteristics in terms of juice content (58.5%), total soluble solids (11.8°Brix), TSS/acid ratio (42.8) and total sugars (8.86%) with low juice acid (0.27%) contents were observed under sub-limb girdling performed on 15 days after flower initiation (DAFI). Girdling treatments also advanced the fruit maturity over control. In conclusion, sub-limb girdling performed on 15 DAFI was the best in enhancing fruit yield (162.0 kg/tree) compared to control (135.3 kg/tree) and physico-chemical composition of ‘Patharnakh’ pear under sub-tropics of north India.

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Singh, D., Dhillon, W., Singh, N., & Gill, P. (2014). Impact of girdling on quality and maturity of Patharnakh pear. Indian Journal of Horticulture, 71(03), 335–339. Retrieved from https://journal.iahs.org.in/index.php/ijh/article/view/1289

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