Vol. 12, Issue 6 (2023)

Author(s):
DM Dabhi, MV Patel and TD Gurjar

Abstract:
The present research work entitled “Influence of micronutrients onquality of acid lime (citrus aurantifolia Swingle) cv. Kagzi lime” was carried out during ambe bahar 2019 at the Horticultural Instructional Farm, C. P. College of Agriculture, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar, District: Banaskantha, Gujarat. Experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with three replications. Total fifteen treatments were evaluated with respect to quality parameters of acid lime. Among various treatments, treatment ZnSO₄ 0.5% + FeSO₄ 0.5% + Borax 0.2% (T₈) was significantly superior over rest of treatments with respect to quality. Results revealed that maximum juice (55.14%), total soluble solids (9.69 ⁰Brix), reducing sugar (0.82%), total sugar (1.34%), ascorbic acid (31.03 mg/100 ml juice) and minimum acidity (6.29%) were observed under treatment ZnSO₄ 0.5% + FeSO₄ 0.5% + Borax 0.2% (T₈) compared to other treatments and control.