Study on qualitative characters of thirty cashew genotypes

Abstract

An investigation was conducted at cashew research station under AICRP on cashew Ranasinghapur, Khurda, Bhubaneswar during the year 2015-2017, to study the qualitative characters and yield of thirty genotypes of cashew such as cashew apple weight, TSS and acidity. As per the research it was revealed that the cashew apple weight varied from 24.80 g in Dhauli to maximum 106.40 g in RP-5, the TSS was maximum in RP-5(18.99g) and was significantly superior to all treatments and minimum TSS was recorded in S-21 that is (10.55g) and the acid content was maximum in OS-3(0.89%) and minimum was recorded in RP-1(0.26%). The nut yield per plant was highest in check genotypes that is BH-85(14.96kg) followed by BH-6 (12.97 kg). Among the landraces, highest yield was recorded in BBSR-C-1(10.27) followed by OS-5(10.20kg), Lokipur-1(10.00kg) and minimum was recorded in RP-3(1.6kg).