Effect of Pollen Grain Sources on Success of hybrids in ‘Bedana’ Litchi

Lal, Narayan; Gupta, Ashwani; Marboh, Evening Stone; Kumar, Abhay; Nath, Vishwa

doi:10.23910/ijbsm/2019.10.3.1990

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“…According to NHB database 2019−20, in India litchi is cultivated on 97,000 hectare and total production is about 726 thousand MT mainly restrained to Bihar (74%). Though its commercial cultivation is predominantly found in the Indo-Gangetic plains of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Uttarakhand and West Bengal but successful cultivation in suitable climatic conditions of the sub-tropical states of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Tripura and Jammu and Kashmir has also been recorded (Lal et al, 2019). Despite of unique and desirable characteristics, litchi fruit is seriously affected by fruit cracking disorder that causes significant loss of yield and commercial value (Huang et al, 2005;Wang et al, 2021).…”

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Role of Brassinolide in Fruit Growth, Development, Quality and Cracking of Litchi Cv. Bombai Grown in New Alluvial Zone of West Bengal

Ghosh¹,

Panja²,

Sau³

et al. 2022

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Bombai’ is a popular litchi variety of West Bengal but susceptible to fruit cracking which reduces the market price. Till now numbers of research trial conducted in litchi with different chemicals but reports on impact of application of brassinolide in reduction of fruit cracking maintaining quality attributes are limited. Therefore, an experiment was conducted during January-May of 2019–20 at the Experimental Farm of Horticultural Research station, Mondouri, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidayala, Nadia, West Bengal, India to evaluate the effect of different dose of brassinolide on fruit yield, quality and reduction of cracking in litchi. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design comprising five treatments of brassinolide [T1: Brassinolide (0.5 mg l-1), T2: Brassinolide (1.0 mg l-1), T3: Brassinolide (1.5 mg l-1), T4: Brassinolide (2.0 mg l-1) and T5: Control (water spray)] with four replication/treatment. The solutions were applied two times; first before anthesis and another at 15 days after anthesis. Result revealed that brassinolide increased the number of fruits per panicle and significantly increased individual fruit weight, length, diameter, and yield. Among different treatments, brassinolides at 1 mg l-1 (two-time application i.e., 15 days before and after anthesis) is identified to be superior considering all qualitative aspects i.e., maximum fruit weight (26.40 g), fruit length (5.15 cm) and yield (95.88 kg plant-1). This treatment also exhibited maximum TSS (21.22°Brix), total sugar (14.11%), ascorbic acid (37.42 mg 100 g-1) and anthocyanin (23.13 mg 100 g-1) content with minimum (9.12%) fruit cracking. The control treatments registered minimum values for all parameters.

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Role of Brassinolide in Fruit Growth, Development, Quality and Cracking of Litchi Cv. Bombai Grown in New Alluvial Zone of West Bengal

Ghosh¹,

Panja²,

Sau³

et al. 2022

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“…Litchi commenced flowering during February-March in Bihar condition and intensity of flowering depends on the previous year's fruiting, temperature during floral bud differentiation, phenol content [6] and age of plants [7,8]. A single panicle produced hundreds to thousands of flowers and success of fruit set depends on the pollen grain received from male parents [9,10]. The litchi fruit ripens during summer when the atmospheric temperature is high.…”

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Fruit Orientation Alters the Quality of Litchi (Litchi Chinensis Sonn.) Under the Agro-Climatic Conditions of Eastern India

Lal¹,

Nath²

2021

Innovare J Ag Sci

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Objective: The experiment was conducted on ten litchi cultivars, namely; Purbi, Bedana, Lal Bombay, Mandaraji, Calcuttia, Late Bedana, Trikolia, Dehradoon, Dehrarose, and Seedless No. 2 to assess the physical and chemical composition of fruit as affected by fruit orientation on the tree. Methods: Fruits were picked both from the lower and upper half portion of the tree at fully ripened stage and physio-chemical attributes were analyzed. Results: The result indicated that fruits at lower half portion were not only heavy in weight but also had more percentage of total acidity. However, stone weight, ascorbic acid content, and total sugars were found to be more in fruits collected from the upper half portion of the tree. Conclusion: It can be suggested that picking should be started from those fruits which are positioned at the lower half portion of the tree to collect fruits of superior quality.

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“…Litchi starts flowering during February-March in Bihar conditions, and the intensity of flowering depends on temperature during floral bud differentiation, previous years fruiting and phenol content and age of plants (Lal et al, 2019a;. A single panicle can produce hundreds of flowers (M1 flowers, Female flowers and M2 flowers) and the success of fruit set depends on the pollen grain received from male parents (Lal et al, 2019b) and poor fruit retention due to fruit drop (Chang et al, 2015). The litchi fruit consists of about 55-85% pulp, 6-27% seed and 10-28% peel which varies depending upon cultivar and climatic conditions.…”

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Assessment of Fruit Drop in Different Cultivars of Litchi

Lal¹,

Kumar²,

Marboh³

et al. 2021

IJEP

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Individual panicles produce hundreds of pistillate flowers but only a small proportion of these bear fruit and reach maturity. There are some stages of fruit drop during growth and development caused by different factors. An experimental trial was conducted in National Active Germplasm Site (NAGS) at ICAR-NRC on Litchi, Muzaffarpur, to assess the fruit drop due to different factors during 2014–2015. The result revealed that four factors viz., improper pollination and fertilization, embryo abortion, seed and fruit borer, and normal fruit abscission were associated with fruit drop in litchi and fruit drop varied from 23.53–77.54% with a maximum in Shahi and lowest in Elaichi during the first week of flowering. Fruit drop increased to 92.65–97.86% during the third week of flowering because of improper pollination and fertilization, and it reached a maximum level of 98.51–99.70% at the time of ripening stage with the lowest in Deshi. Embryo abortion was one primary cause of fruit drop during the 4th week whereas infestation of seed and fruit borer was the major factor for fruit drop during the 5–7th week. Such fruit drop can be controlled by managing the infestation of borer. Abscission due to ethylene production and heat stress during the maturity of fruit was yet another cause of fruit drop. This study will help to researcher to find out the time of infestation of seed and fruit borer which causes heavy fruit drop and it can be controlled with pest management option.

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Effect of Pollen Grain Sources on Success of hybrids in ‘Bedana’ Litchi

Cited by 8 publications

References 11 publications

Role of Brassinolide in Fruit Growth, Development, Quality and Cracking of Litchi Cv. Bombai Grown in New Alluvial Zone of West Bengal

Role of Brassinolide in Fruit Growth, Development, Quality and Cracking of Litchi Cv. Bombai Grown in New Alluvial Zone of West Bengal

Fruit Orientation Alters the Quality of Litchi (Litchi Chinensis Sonn.) Under the Agro-Climatic Conditions of Eastern India

Assessment of Fruit Drop in Different Cultivars of Litchi

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