Performance of Papaya (Carica papaya) var. red lady in agro climatic zones of Assam Gogoi Bhoirab1,*, Dutta Shourov2, Duarah Dorodi Priyom3, Nath Lipika4, Sarmah Angana5, Baruah Bhaskar6, Neog Manoranjan7, Pathak Prasanna Kumar7 1Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Jorhat, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat - 785112 (Assam) 2Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Karbi Anglong, Assam Agricultural University, Diphu-782462 3Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kamrup, Assam Agricultural University, Kahikuchi-781015 4Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Barpeta, Assam Agricultural University, Howly-781316 5Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sonitpur, Assam Agricultural University, Napam-784028 6Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Udalguri, Assam Agricultural University, Rowta-784508 7Directorate of Extension Education, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-785013 *Corresponding Author's Email: bhoirab.aau@gmail.com
Online published on 28 March, 2024. Abstract Papaya (Carica papaya L.) is a tropical fruit which can be cultivated successfully in subtropical conditions. The fruit has a high nutritional and medicinal value and rich in Vitamin A (2020IU/100g) making it very popular among the farmers of Assam. A study was conducted during 2019-2020 and 2020-21 on performance of Red Lady at farmers' field under rainfed conditions representing four agro climatic zones of Assam. The study revealed that the plant height was 281.27 cm tall with maximum fruit weight of 1.65 kg. Additionally, the fruit length, fruit diameter and fruit cavity diameter were found to be 19.22cm, 12.84 cm and 6.51 cm respectively with Yield per plant (40.72 kg), Yield per hectare (119.67 t/ha), B:C ratio (4.27) was found higher against the local varieties in all the locations. From the study, it can be inferred that the farmers may adopt Papaya var. Red lady over their local varieties for better yield and returns. Top Keywords Evaluation, Papaya, Rainfed, Red Lady, Variety. Top |