Studies on flowering behavior of different genotypes of custard apple

Abstract

The present investigation was carried out to studies on floral biology of different genotypes of custard apple (Annona squamosa L.) during Kharif season. The results of the study indicated that, floral biololgy studied among different Genotypes/Selections and Cultivars maximum, flowers per shoot (6.84), days required to full bloom (60.92), time of anthesis (5.35 a.m.), were recorded foremost in Sindhan while minimum days to flowering (26.66) was observed in GJCA-1 and Selection-7 took least time for dehiscence (10.33 a.m.). However there was negligible variation observed in case of number of petals per flower in all genotypes.