Recognize of Elite Carambola (Averrhoe carambola) Germplasms Grown under Rainfed Condition of West Bengal

Author: Subhadip Chowdhury*, Susan Subba, Surajit Mitra, Tuhin Samanth, Sushmita Rana and Santanu Nandi

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Abstract

Experiment was conducted to identify elite carambola germplasm accessions during flowering and fruiting season from different location of Medinipur of West Bengal. To aim of this study was to evaluate flower and chemical analysis of various accessions of carambola in West Bengal. The 12 different germplasms are selected for detailed study of flowering and fruiting season, number of flowering flush, Fruits weight (gm), Fruit colour and shape, fruit length (cm), fruit Equatorial diameter (cm), No of seeds per fruit, TSS (°BRIX), titratable acidity (%), total sugar(%), reducing sugar(%), pH and Ascorbic acid (mg/100gm) in each accessions. Highest TSS was noticed in ACC-6 (10.03°BRIX), and ascorbic acid ACC-8 (16.64 mg/100gm) total sugar and reducing sugar respectively (6.74% 0 and (5.9%) in ACC-12, highest fruit weight was recorded in ACC- 5 (204.46 gm) and lowest fruit weight and reducing sugar ACC-3 (90.66), (2.86%). After all the parameters analysis ACC-12 is best for further study

Keywords

Accessions, carambola, germplasm.

Conclusion

Depend on above data ACC-11 (Tamluk ) considered most elite germplasm due to three flowering in a year and raw consumption is suitable, average fruit size is medium (133.23gm) total sugar and reducing sugar respectively (6.74%) and (5.9%) and Total Soluble Solid (10.460 BRIX). Therefore it can be considered that accession-12 collected from Tamluk is elite accession among twelve accessions beside ACC-11 are also elite germplasm.

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Subhadip Chowdhury, Susan Subba, Surajit Mitra, Tuhin Samanth, Sushmita Rana and Santanu Nandi (2022). Recognize of Elite Carambola (Averrhoe carambola) Germplasms Grown under Rainfed Condition of West Bengal. Biological Forum – An International Journal