Vol. 12, Issue 12 (2023)

Author(s):
SR Wale, CV Pujari, SV Suryawanshi, PS Patil and JR Korat

Abstract:
An experiment was carried out with 25 tamarind genotypes at Research cum Demonstration Farm of the Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Dhule, Maharashtra, during 2021-22 to assess the quantitative and morphological characters of genotypes. Significant variations were observed among the genotypes with respect to quantitative characters viz., tree height (15.2 m), tree volume (2153.09 m³), tree circumference (236.6 cm), tree spread (E-W) (16.6 m), tree spread (N-S) (18.7 m), pod length (21.31 cm), pod girth (7.97 cm), pod width (3.02 cm), pod thickness (1.95 cm), pod weight (34.58 g), pod yield per plant (183.5 kg), pulp weight (18.86 g), shell weight (9.47 g), fibre weight (1.24 g), seed weight per pod (6.14 g), number of seeds per pod (11.1), pulp percentage (54.64%), shell percentage (36.50%), fibre percentage (7.11%) and seed percentage (39.07%). The morphological variation recorded were pod colour (whitish light brown, light brown, brown and dark brown) and pod shape (straight, slightly curved, curved and deeply curved). Among 25 genotypes studied ACDT-9 was found superior with respect to pod length, pod width, pod girth, pod thickness, pod weight, pulp weight, seed weight, number of seeds per pod and pod yield per plant. Hence, genotype ACDT-9 is most promising and has great potential, which can be used for further evaluation.