Evaluation of Pear Varieties for Physiochemical Traits Grown under Climatic Conditions of Soon Valley, Pakistan

Abstract

The study carried out aimed at characterizing the pear cultivars and to explore the specific cultivar most suitable to be commercially grown in Soon valley region. Nine pear varieties (Leconte, Bagugosha, Bartlet pear, Concord, Pear selection-1, Pear Red, Pear White, Kashmiri Nashpati and Kashmiri Nakh) were tested for their physiochemical quality attributes. The observations made during the study revealed that variety Bagugosha scored maximum (7.95, 8.10) in taste and flavor respectively. The same variety produced maximum fruit size (5081 mm 2 ), fruit weight (205 g), soluble solid contents (15%) and total sugars (9.56%). However, fruit yield per plant was maximum (98.80 kg) in Bartlet pear variety and Bagugosha produced fruitweight of 60.20 kg. Titratable acidity was determined maximum (0.44%) in Kashmiri Nakh. Number of seeds were maximum (8.20) in Bartlet Pear as well as in Bgugosha. The exploration of this research study revealed that the Bagugosha is the prime quality cultivar to be suggested for commercial cultivation in Soon valley compared to all nine evaluated varieties.

Evaluation of Phenological and Morphological Properties of Some Asian Pear Varieties in the Climatic Conditions of South Moravia Therapeutic Interventions

“…The longest are naturally typical European pear-shaped fruits. In Soon Valley, Pakistan, the shortest fruit in the assortment of Asian pears was 44.38 mm short and the longest was 87 mm long (Abbas et al, 2018).…”

“…The average fruit weight evaluated in number of Asian pear varieties was 137-206 g (Pirlak and Mahmut, 2018). The lowest average fruit weight of Asian pears in Soon Valley, Pakistan was 79 g and the highest was 205 g. The extremely low fruit weight is mainly caused by overbearing (Abbas et al, 2018).…”

“…The highest fruit diameter was in 'Anjou' (57.6 mm) and the lowest was in 'Nittaka' (32.5 mm) in Nepal (Dhakal et al, 2021). In Soon Valley, Pakistan, the fruit width of Asian pears varied from 37.4 to 65.15 mm (Abbas et al, 2018).…”

“…The Asian pears from Central Anatolia, Turkey, contained 11.8-16.9 % of total soluble solids (Pirlak and Mahmut, 2018). In Soon Valley, Pakistan, the content ranged from 6.6 % to 15 % (Abbas et al, 2018).…”

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“…Оценка РС анализом показала, что связь между признаками может проявляться или локусами, контролирующими признаки, или же от плейтропного действия генов. Эти результаты совпадают с результатами исследователей, занимающихся оценкой груши [3,[11][12][13].…”