Evaluation of acid lime (Citrus aurantifolia swingle) clones for growth, yield and quality attributes Gowthami O.N.S.*, Lakshmi L. Mukunda, Reddy D. Sreenivas, Rajasekharam T., Reddy Vinaya Kumar P. Department of Fruit Science, College of Horticulture, Dr. YSR Horticultural University, Venkataramannagudem-534101, West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, India *Corresponding author: onsgowthami10@gmail.com
Online published on 25 May, 2023. Abstract The present investigation was carried out to evaluate acid lime (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle) clones for growth, yield and yield attributes. The experiment was conducted at Citrus Research Station, Tirupati from November 2021- June 2022 with two replications in Randomized Block Design. A total of fifteen acid lime clones were evaluated for growth, yield and quality attributes. Significant variation was observed among all the clones. The mean performance of clones for growth, yield and quality attributes revealed that the maximum plant height (3.75 m), fruit diameter (53.00 mm), and minimal peel thickness (0.90 mm) were observed in Phule Sharbathi. The largest canopy spread in East-West directions was beheld in Sai Sharbathi (4.58 m). The highest canopy spread in North-South directions (4.62 m), and ascorbic acid (49.76 mg/100 ml juice), were observed in Akola lime. NRCC Nimboo-2 (42.72 m3) had maximum canopy volume. Jaidevi (12.00%) recorded maximum titrable acidity, and less number of seeds per fruit (4.00) was observed in Vikram. TAL 94/14 recorded the largest fruit weight (56.50 g), and fruit length (61.50 mm). Among fifteen clones Balaji recorded a large number of fruits per tree (1908.50), fruit yield (89.80 kg/tree), and TSS (10.60 0Brix). The maximum juice percent (56.91%) in Petluru Pulusunimma. Pramalini, Vikram, TAL94/13, Petluru Pulusunimma, and Local Kagzi lime recorded less number of polyembryony. Top Keywords Acid lime, Mean performance, Clones, Growth, Yield, Attributes canopy volume, Fruit weight. Top |