Vol. 11, Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Pansurika Saikia and Utpal Kotoky

Abstract:
The present experiment was carried out in the Experimental Farm, Department of Horticulture, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat during 2019-2020 to study the morphology and yield of five elite Litchi (Litchi chinensis) cultivars viz., Bombay, Seedless, Piajee, Bilati, and Elaichi. Among all the parameters studied under the experiment, the plant height found out to be non-significant whereas others are significantly different. Litchi plants started flowering from the last week of February (in Bombay) till the second week of March (in Elaichi) while maximum number of flowers per panicle was observed in Bilati. The most acceptable time of fruit ripening of litchi was found in the month of May. The cultivar Bilati recorded maximum in the parameters like fruits per branch (53.00), fruit weight (25.40g), fruit diameter (12.92cm), fruit volume (27.35cc) and aril weight (16.62g) while highest aril thickness and aril-peel ratio was found in the cultivar Seedless. Thus, in this experiment, the cultivar Bilati was found out to be the most preferable one in the morphological characters as well as in yield among all the cultivars.