Vol. 10, Issue 6 (2021)

Author(s):
Shahid Qayoom Dar, Khalid Rasool Dar, MK Sharma, Shakeel A Mir, FA Khan, Mohd. Ashraf Dar and MA Chattoo

Abstract:
The effect of seasonal variation on sugar content of apple cultivar Fuji Zehn Aztec was studied over two growing seasons (2018-19) in the temperate climate of Kashmir valley at Division of Fruit Science, Faculty of Horticulture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology- Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar, J&K. The observations were recorded from 30DAFB (May 15) upto maturity (September 15) of developing fruits at fortnightly intervals. The mature fruits of apple had 10.49% total sugars, 8.37% reducing sugars and 2.12% non-reducing sugar contents, while at the first date of sampling period i.e.; May 15, the developing fruits of apple contain 3.42% total sugars, 3.24% reducing sugars and 0.18% non-reducing sugars. The trend observed in the present study indicated that the sugar content increased throughout the fruit development of apple fruits.