Performance of some low chilling peach cultivars under north Indian conditions.

摘要

The investigation was undertaken to study the performance of peach cultivars viz. Earli Grande, Florda Prince, Partap, Prabhat and Shan-e-Punjab under the north Indian conditions. Observations with respect to flowering behavior, fruit yield, quality attributes and insect-pest incidence were recorded. The fruit yield was observed to be maximum (59.67 kg/tree) in cv Shan-e-Punjab while it was minimum (34.17 kg/tree) in cv Florda Prince. Maximum, fruit weight (75.50 g) was recorded in cv Shan-e-Punjab. Total soluble soilds were highest (9.93%) in cv Prabhat and minimum (8.70%) in cv Earli Grande. Cultivars Earli Grande, Florda Prince, Prabhat and Partap were observed to be earliest (last week of April) to reach maturity while, Shan-e-Punjab matured during the first week of May and thus are suitable for cultivation under north Indian conditions. Incidence of insect pests on different peach cultivars revealed that peach leaf curl aphid and fruit fly were the regular pests. The highest fruit infestation of fruit fly was observed in cultivar Shan-e-Punjab while, it was least in Florda Prince and Partap.