Characteristics of some potential cultivars for diversification of citrus industry of Pakistan
2016
Nawaz, M.A. (University of Sargodha (Pakistan). Univ. Coll. of Agriculture) | Ahmed, W. (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (Pakistan). Inst. of Horticultural Sciences) | Maqbool, M. (Bahauddin Zakariya Univ., Multan (Pakistan). Dept. of Horticulture) | Saleem, B.A. (Government of Punjab (Pakistan). Dept. of Agriculture Extension) | Hussain, Z. | Aziz, M. | Shafique, A.
The success of citrus industry depends upon the availability of promising planting material (cultivars) as dissemination of genetically inferior trees can have catastrophic effect on the productivity and quality of citrus plants in coming years. In present study, physicochemical analysis of sixteen important citrus cultivars comprising of seven sweet orange, six mandarin and three grapefruit cultivars was performed to evaluate their contribution to sustain citrus industry of Pakistan. Results revealed that Salustiana produced the heaviest fruit (218.2 g fruit-1) and maximum juice percentage (54%), Succari produced maximum total soluble solids (11.53%) and minimum acidity (0.23%), and Pineapple produced the highest Vitamin C contents (63 mg 100 mL-1 juice) among the sweet orange cultivars. Among mandarin cultivars, Kinnow gained the maximum fruit weight (187.7 g fruit-1) and total soluble solids (12.23%), Freemont produced highest juice percentage (53.20%). However, Feutrell's Early produced the lowest juice percentage. The acidity was also lowest (0.73%) in Feutrell's Early. Highest amount of Vitamin C contents (43.43 mg 100 mL-1 juice) were produced in Wilking. Marsh Seedless produced heaviest fruit (552.7 g fruit-1), maximum acidity (1.5%) and vitamin C (42.00 mg 100 mL-1 juice) among the grapefruit cultivars. It was concluded that other citrus cultivars had much higher potential compared to Kinnow for diversification and sustainable development of citrus industry in Pakistan.
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