Vol. 11, Special Issue 5 (2022)

Author(s):
Chereddy Raghavendra Reddy and Jatinder Singh

Abstract:
Understanding plant behavior at various development phases is critical for improving fruit quality, regulating production times, and lowering production costs. Observations on phenological phases would aid in determining the dates of certain stages of crop growth, allowing the operations to plan, and carry out agronomic practices such as irrigation, fertilization, and crop protection on time. The Indian National Genetic Resources Programme and the International Centre for Underutilized Crops in the United Kingdom have identified the Indian jujube (Ziziphus mauritiana Lamk.) as an underutilized plant deserving of further study and improvement. The Indian jujube was described using 6 major development phases. vegetative bud formation; leaf formation; inflorescence formation; flower formation; fruit set and fruit maturity. Based on these stages growers may better decide when to do orchard management practices like canopy training and pruning, water application, pest and disease control, post-harvest processing, etc., The purpose of this review is to gain a better understanding of the relevance of phenological research in ber.