Correlation studies in acid lime [Citrus aurantifolia (Christm) Swingle] seedlings

摘要

An experiment was conducted during November 1998-June 1999 at farmers' field in Modukur village, near Tenali, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, to study the correlations between the tree yield and fruit quality parameters in acid lime (Citrus aurantifolia (Christm Swingle). The yield/tree had highly significant correlation with fruit weight (0.929), fruit volume (0.835), juice weight (0.707) and rag weight (0.502) and negative correlation with seed% (-0.447). The most desirable traits for selection ofsuperior types were fruit weight, fruit volume, juice weight, juice volume, juice recovery, brix: acid ratio and ascorbic acid content, whereas the undesirable traits were peel thickness, peel percentage, rap percentage, peel weight, rag weight and number of seeds per fruit. The strains 18,26,21,27, 13,24,12 and 3 were found superior for yield, yield attributes and physico-chemical properties of fruit.