Performance evaluation of pomegranate (Punica granatum) genotypes under saline conditions
Pomegranate (Punica granatum L., family: Lytheraceae) is widely grown in arid and semi-arid areas across the globe, where moderate or relatively high salt concentration in the soil negatively affect the plant growth properties. However, there is scarce information on the response of pomegranate cult...
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| author | Rajkumar Rajkumar Anshuman Singh Anita Mann R K Yadav |
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| description | Pomegranate (Punica granatum L., family: Lytheraceae) is widely grown in arid and semi-arid areas across the globe, where moderate or relatively high salt concentration in the soil negatively affect the plant growth properties. However, there is scarce information on the response of pomegranate cultivars under saline field conditions. Therefore, this experiment was conducted in a saline field (soil ECe 6-8 dS/m, ECiw 3.9-4.2 dS/m) during two consecutive years (2017-18) at Nain Experimental Farm, Panipat, India to study the effects of salinity on vegetative growth and fruit quality traits in 15 genotypes of pomegranate. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with four replications. Analysis of Variance revealed highly significant differences among the genotypes for fruit growth and quality traits. Results showed considerable variation in the plant growth and fruit quality traits of the pomegranate genotypes. Our findings indicated that fruit quality traits like fruit weight, juice percentage, number of arils, and aril colour could be used as criteria for selecting promising pomegranate genotypes for salt-affected soils. Overall, genotypes Udaipur 2, Udaipur 3, Rajasmand 4 and Jaipur 1 seem to be more tolerant of salinity stress than other genotypes and thus have potential for cultivation in saline soils. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0367643762594346b1f04cedfb810af72023-02-14T08:55:49ZengIndian Council of Agricultural ResearchThe Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences0019-50222394-33192020-09-0190510.56093/ijas.v90i5.104370Performance evaluation of pomegranate (Punica granatum) genotypes under saline conditionsRajkumar Rajkumar0Anshuman Singh1Anita Mann2R K Yadav3ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001, IndiaICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001, IndiaICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001, IndiaICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001, IndiaPomegranate (Punica granatum L., family: Lytheraceae) is widely grown in arid and semi-arid areas across the globe, where moderate or relatively high salt concentration in the soil negatively affect the plant growth properties. However, there is scarce information on the response of pomegranate cultivars under saline field conditions. Therefore, this experiment was conducted in a saline field (soil ECe 6-8 dS/m, ECiw 3.9-4.2 dS/m) during two consecutive years (2017-18) at Nain Experimental Farm, Panipat, India to study the effects of salinity on vegetative growth and fruit quality traits in 15 genotypes of pomegranate. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with four replications. Analysis of Variance revealed highly significant differences among the genotypes for fruit growth and quality traits. Results showed considerable variation in the plant growth and fruit quality traits of the pomegranate genotypes. Our findings indicated that fruit quality traits like fruit weight, juice percentage, number of arils, and aril colour could be used as criteria for selecting promising pomegranate genotypes for salt-affected soils. Overall, genotypes Udaipur 2, Udaipur 3, Rajasmand 4 and Jaipur 1 seem to be more tolerant of salinity stress than other genotypes and thus have potential for cultivation in saline soils.https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/104370Fruit qualityPomegranateSalinityVariability |
| spellingShingle | Rajkumar Rajkumar Anshuman Singh Anita Mann R K Yadav Performance evaluation of pomegranate (Punica granatum) genotypes under saline conditions The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences Fruit quality Pomegranate Salinity Variability |
| title | Performance evaluation of pomegranate (Punica granatum) genotypes under saline conditions |
| title_full | Performance evaluation of pomegranate (Punica granatum) genotypes under saline conditions |
| title_fullStr | Performance evaluation of pomegranate (Punica granatum) genotypes under saline conditions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Performance evaluation of pomegranate (Punica granatum) genotypes under saline conditions |
| title_short | Performance evaluation of pomegranate (Punica granatum) genotypes under saline conditions |
| title_sort | performance evaluation of pomegranate punica granatum genotypes under saline conditions |
| topic | Fruit quality Pomegranate Salinity Variability |
| url | https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/104370 |
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