Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
DP Dhok, VV Shinde, KV Malshe, CD Pawar and SG Mahadik

Abstract:
The experiment was conducted during year 2021-2022 in six tahsils of North Ratnagiri region of Maharashtra, India. Thirty genotypes Viz., Dapoli (DPL-1to DPL6), Khed (KHD-1 to KHD-6), Chiplun (CPL-1 to CPL-2), Mandangad (MNG-1to MNG-6) and Guhagar (GHR-1 to GHR-6) were selected for study to identify superior ones. The selected superior genotypes differ widely among themselves. Great variability exists with regards to many tree growth characters viz., tree height 6 m to 13 m, tree trunk girth 197.43 cm to 67.23 cm, height at first branch 0.6 m to 5.3cm, canopy spread N-S 1.5 m to 7.1 m and E-W 2.3 to 8.1m, flowering from 4^th December to 25^th February, harvesting from 2^nd May to 28^th June, yield character viz., numbers of fruit per tree 6 to 61 yiled per tree in kg (22.7 kg to 240.2 kg/tree) qualitative character of fruit viz., fruit length (21 cm to 55 cm), fruit breadth 11cm to 25 cm, weight of fruit (kg) (2.6 to 29 kg), weight of fruit rind (kg) 1.4 kg to 14.06kg, thickness of rind (cm) 0.7 cm-2.7 cm, numbers of flake 47 to 159, weight of individual flake with seed (g) 42.00 g to 105.08 g, weight of individual flake without seed (13.89 g - 80.20 g), weight of seed (kg) 0.33 to 3.50 kg, seed to pulp ratio (%) (29.54% to 52.26%), shape of fruit (oblong, spheroid, spherical and clavate) and colour of fruit (greenish yellow, green, brown and yellow), spine density mostly dense colour (7.1 to 7.43), flavour (6.7 to 7.9), and texture (6.8- 7.8). There for on the basis of yield of fruit per tree genotype CPL-4 were found superior and yield per tree in kg genotype DPL-1 found superior, on the basis of harvesting genotype GHR-3 having early maturity and on the basis of organoleptic parameters genotype DPL-3 were found superior.