Canopy Management in Pomegranate for Improved Fruit Quality and Yield
Chandrakant Awachare*
ICAR- NRC on Pomegranate, Solapur, Maharashtra (413 255), India
N.V. Singh
ICAR- NRC on Pomegranate, Solapur, Maharashtra (413 255), India
K.D. Babu
ICAR- NRC on Pomegranate, Solapur, Maharashtra (413 255), India
R.A. Marathe
ICAR- NRC on Pomegranate, Solapur, Maharashtra (413 255), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Canopy management, Fruit productivity, Light interception, Tree density
Abstract
In last few decades, fruit productivity in developed countries (Europe, USA, Australia etc.) has become increasingly intensified with appropriate canopy management practices. Temperate fruit crops like Apple, Pear, Peach etc., have range of rootstocks that permit development of “designer trees” appropriate to the training system and management skills of modern orchardist. Although India stands second in production, yet the average productivity is very low, much below the world average and leading countries. The reason behind low productivity is attributed to poor orchard management, poor canopy management, sparse planting density; no use of modern tree design architecture etc. The major consideration in the design of orchard is the level of light interception into the tree canopy as this has major impact on yield potential.
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