Studied the effect of physical and yield attributes on bael (Aegle marmelos Correa) fruits in sodic soil condition

Abstract

The present investigation entitled “Studied the effect of Physical and yield attributes on bael (Aegle marmelos Correa) fruits in sodic soil condition.” was carried out at the Main Experiment Station, Department of Horticulture, Narendra Deva University of Agriculture & Technology, Narendra Nagar (Kumarganj), Faizabad (U.P.) during the years 2016-2017. The experiment was conducted in Randomized Block Design with twelve genotypes and replicated three times, considering one plant as a unit.On the basis of Physico-chemical attributes of bael fruit viz. maximum fruit length (27.35 cm), pulp weight (2.094 kg), Specific gravity (1.01 g/cc) and Minimum acidity (0.29%) found in ND/AH-25, fruit width (25.57 cm) and total soluble solids(39.00) in ND/AH-10, fruit yield (224.06 Q/ha), fruit weight (2.51 kg) are found is best in ND/AH-8. The maximum (415.67 g) shell weight was recorded in the genotype ND/AH-11 followed by (412.67 g) shell weight was recorded with the genotype ND/AH-25. The minimum (344.67 g) shell weight was recorded in the genotype ND/AH-21 followed by (356.33 g) shell weight was recorded as the genotype ND/AH-27. Maximum (3.21 mm) shell thickness was noted in genotype NB-21 followed by (2.94 mm) in genotype ND/AH-12 whereas Shell thickness was found minimum (2.19 mm) in genotype ND/AH-26. Maximum (39.000Brix) total soluble solid was noted in genotype ND/AH-10 followed by genotype ND/AH-8 (38.670Brix).