Varieties
Varieties/hybrids identified under AICRP on Fruits
Banana
It is a cooking variety with heavier bunches of bigger size and superior quality fruits. Fruits are larger, stout with less prominent ridges and bottle neck apex. The rind is thick and green with whitish pulp. The plants are tall sturdy and sucker freely, waxy bloom is present over petioles and young regions, susceptible to rhizome rot disease.
It is a dual purpose variety suited for dessert and cooking. It can be grown at a spacing of 2.1 x 2.1 m. It is highly resistant to sigatoka leaf spot.
It can be grown at a spacing of 2.1 x 2.1m . It is highly resistant to Sigatoka leaf spot diseases.
Citrus
Sai-Sarbati is a Kagzi Lime selection developed from local germplasm. It has roundish smooth fruits and has good juice content It is tolerant to canker and tristeza.
It is a selection from Kadayam type of Thirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. Tree is vigorous. This can be easily multiplied as seedlings and layers. Fruits can be harvested throughout the year. The fruits are big, each weighing 52g. Fruits have higher ascorbic acid content of 34.29mg per 100g of fruit juice and TSS of 8.0 °B. The juice content is 52.3% by weight. It is a high yielder. The average yield per tree/year is 934 fruits weighing36.975 kg. The yield increase ranges from 24.5 to 9
“Balaji” acid lime clone is a natural land race and was evaluated on the name of Tenali acidlime clone. Clonal trees of Tenali acidlime was consistently found cankerlesss (fruit canker 8.08%, leaf canker 2.2%, twig canker 6%), free from bark eruption with higher yield and quality over other varieties and local clones. The cankerlessness of Tenali acidlime clone had significantly more phenols (9.25 mg/g of dry weight), chlorophyll (a&b), sugars and less aminoacids and nitrogen compared to other
Trees are medium and thorny, irregular branches, leaves green, pointed at tip, petioles narrowly winged, segment tightly adherent to each other. The fruit rind is thin; papery and smooth. Fruit shape is round and suitable for export.
Seedling selection from natural clonal population of acid lime orchards from Pune district. High yield potential including 25% summer cropping and field tolerance to pests and diseases. Vigorous plant growth and round fruit shape of Phule Sharbati (RHR-l-124) are distinguishing characters from oblong fruits of Sai Sharbati. Tree form well composed, foliage colour dark green, bearing nature within the canopy, fruits solitary with occasional clusters.
Clonal selection from Nucellar Mosambi
Papaya
It is a selection from Honey Dew or popularly called Madhu Bindu.It is gynodioecious in nature and semi-dwarf. Fruits on an average weigh about 1.5 to 2.0 kg, skin is dark in colour with ridging on the surface. Fruits from hermaphrodite trees are elongated and oval, from female it is ovoid. Pulp is yellow in colour and on ripening melts; TSS is around 13.5°Brix. Keeping quality is poor. It yields about 70 kg per tree.
The variety is evolved by sibmating the type Ranchi over 8 years. It is a dwarf plant, producing the first fruit within 60-75 cm from the ground level. Fruit is medium-sized, spherical, has smooth greenish-yellow skin, nipple slightly ridged at the apex, flesh orange-yellow, soft, firm and quite juicy with good keeping quality. The objectionable papain odour is practically absent in the fruits.
Dioecious, dual purpose (for fruits and papain extraction), a pure line selection from a local type and is very popular commercial variety. Fruits are medium-sized (1 to 1.5 kg), oblong, greenish yellow, ridged at the apex, flesh red in colour, soft to firm, moderately juicy with good keeping quality. It is a suitable type for extraction of papain. It gives 4-6 g dried papain/fruit (averaging 250 to 300 kg of dried papain /ha)
It is a hybrid derivative of the cross between CO.2 (female parent) and Sunrise Solo (male parent). It is a gynodioecious type with hermaphrodite flowers. It is suitable as a table variety. The fruits are medium sized. The flesh is red with TSS of 14.6 °Brix. The mean fruit weight is 0.5 to 0.8kg. Fruits are pyriform in shape. The tree yields 90-120 fruits/year
It is hybrid derivative of the cross between CO.1 (female parent) and Washington (male parent). Fruits are medium sized weighing 1.2 to 1.5kg. It is a dioecious type. The fruits contain a TSS of 13.2°Brix. The flesh is yellow with purple tinge. The tree has purple petiole and stem. Tree has attractive coloration in all parts of the plant and is suitable for home gardens. The tree yields 80-90 fruits per annum.
It is a selection from Washington type. It is a dioecious type suitable exclusively for papain production giving 14.45g of dry papain per fruit suitable for growing in all seasons and all soils with good drainage. Petiole color is pink. Duration is two years and yields 75-80 fruits per tree with an average yield of 1500-1600kg of dry papain per hectare. Each fruit weighs about 1.5 to 2.0 kg. The TSS content of fruit is 13°Brix and papain contains 72.2% protein.
Dioecious type, selection from Giant, suitable for consumption and latex extraction. Trees are medium-statured. Fruits are round to oval in shape with yellow flesh. First harvest can be had in 8 months of planting. The fruits are medium sized each weighing 2kg with yellow flesh. The TSS content is 13.6°Brix . It is suitable for papain (7.5 to 8.0g of dry papain/fruit) and also for table purpose.
It is obtained from a multiple crosses involving, Pusa Delicious, CO3 and Coorg Honey Dew as parents. This is similar to CO3 but the fruit is bigger than CO3. Fruits are oblong with an attractive and firm red flesh. TSS is 16.7% with total sugar content of 15.80% and carotenoids content of 7.95mg per 100g Suitable for table purpose. It is susceptible to foot rot, collar rot and powdery mildew like other papaya varieties. It can be grown in plains as well as up to an altitude of 1000 above MSL.
is a red pulped variety belongs to dioecious group. This has a high yielding potential (230t/ha) and quality (TSS 13.5%; papain activity 138TU/mg). This variety is suitable for dessert purpose, pulping, processing (RTS, jam, tutti-fruity) and papain industry.
Pineapple
Fruit shape is cylindrical, tapering, slightly from near base. Fruit colour is dull yellow when ripe and flesh colour is pale yellow. It has mild external aroma.
This (Kew X Ripley queen) is similar to H-7 with smaller fruits.
Sapota
It is a clonal selection from Guthi. A mean yield of 3547 fruits (236kg) can be obtained per tree per year. The tree is dwarf and adaptable to Southern and Central districts. Fruits are of two shapes viz., round (rarely) and oval (maximum). The skin is very thin and the pulp has a buttery consistency. High average yielder with medium size fruits. Average fruit weight is 100g.
PKM.2 (H-2/4) is a hybrid between Guthi and Kirtibarthi varieties. This hybrid is a high yielder recording a mean yield of 80kg of fruits/tree in during fifth year after planting. The yield increase is 42.76 % over PKM.1 variety. The fruits are bigger in size (95g) as compared to PKM.1 (84.0g). They are oblong to oval shaped fruits are of good quality with higher TSS (26.3°B), total sugar (14.25%), reducing sugar (9.46%) with high sugar/acid ratio.
It is a hybrid between Guthi x Cricket Ball. The variety is adaptable to tropical plains of Tamil Nadu and yields 14 t/ha. The fruits bear in clusters with oval shaped large fruits. The vertical growth habit of tree allows high density planting. The fruits mature earlier than other varieties in this season thus fetching higher return. The variety is tolerant to leaf spot and leaf Webber. Fruits are extra large. It is suitable for the preparation of milk shakes and juices.
Open pollinated clonal selection from the seedling population of PKM 1. It produces high yield with cluster bearing habit. It has a precocity bearing habit and bears fruits 3 years after planting. Tree have compact canopy and hence suitable for high density planting. Fruits are in distinct spindle shape. Pulp has an attractive honey brown colour. Fruits are crisp and sweet with 24 °B TSS. Fruits length range between 11-13 cm and suitable for the production of high gadre sapota as dry flakes
Its features are compact tree canopy, narrow and clustering of leaves and suitable for high density planting. Cluster bearing is 3.0/cluster. It has oval shaped fruits with coppery brown flesh. Has high TSS and suitable for preparation of dry flakes, milk shake powder and mixed fruit jam. It is a high yielder. It is rich in proline content, relative water content, epicuticular wax and chlorophyll stability index, suitable for vertisol and drought areas.