Studies on the collection and evaluation of bael cultivars

Abstract

The present investigation was carried out at Research Orchard of Department of Horticulture, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar during the year 2018-19. The experiment was laid out in Factorial Randomized Block Design with three replications and three cultivars. The plant height (5.82 m), stem girth (63.7 cm) and spread of plants (6.24 x 5.92 m) were found maximum in NB-7. The flowering started from 1st week of June to third week of June in cultivar NB-5 and Ist week to 2nd week of June in NB-7 and NB-9. The maximum fruit weight (2.50 kg) was observed in NB-7. Whereas minimum fruit weight (1.32 kg) was recorded in NB-5. Maximum TSS (30.2%) was recorded in NB-9 followed by NB-5 (29.7%). However, maximum yield (52 kg) was recorded in NB-7 and minimum (23 kg) in the NB-5.