Vol. 12, Issue 12 (2023)

Author(s):
Lupita Borah, Madhusmita Borah and Raaj Kumar Kakoti

Abstract:
Northeast region is the primary centre of origin for most of the citrus species, and the Khasi mandarin is one of the most important among them in view of its production and consumer demand. Even then, the productivity of mandarin is way lower than the national average due to various reasons. For the generation of a quality orchard with higher profits, first of all the planting material needs to be of higher quality which can be availed by selecting elite plants for the generation purpose. For the selection of elite or better performing plants, the usual performance range of the particular plant has to be specifically known, so that a comparison can be made and the higher performing ones can be selected. In this study, the range of various plant morphological characters, along with its growth habit, fruit morphological and qualitative characters, as well as yield and yield attributing characters has been studied, and a range bracket for them has been obtained, like plant height and breadth are in between 8.20m-3.20m and 15.50cm-12.53cm respectively, the yield ranges from 1.47t/ha-35.63t/ha etc. Therefore, the obtained data of various parameters for judging a Khasi mandarin plant is expected to tremendously help ultimately in the revival of the Khasi mandarin orchards in the seven sister states of India.