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Evaluation of Fruit Production Potential of Harar (Terminalia chebula Retz.) in Natural Forest and Manmade Plantation

Author: Samanpreet Singh, Kamal Sharma Avinash Kumar Bhatia*, Shubham Sharma and Vishal Sharma

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Abstract

The study was conducted in Hamirpur district (H.P.) to assess the fruit yield potential among the Harar landraces and seedling variety. Observations of fruit yield were recorded on 6 cultivars of Harar. The crowned area varied between 42 to 140 m2 per tree. The fruit yield of fresh fruit ranged from 23.0 kg/tree to 117.0 kg/tree while it varied from 20.0 kg/tree and 115.0 kg/tree during the year 2018 and 2019, respectively. The highest yield per tree was registered in diameter class V while the lowest was recorded in diameter class I. Tamber outperformed all the landraces having maximum fruit yield per tree i.e. 32.3 kg and 34.3 kg in 2018 and 2019, respectively. The quantities of fruit registered under Kallar and Kothi were 31.0 and 22.0 kg per tree whereas it was the same i.e. 21.0 kg per tree under Pahlu and Paluri. However, there were some hurdles during the collection of fruit rates in the market as the traders did not cooperate and also do not provide exact price tags p

Keywords

Landraces, fruit, diameter, yield, seedling, environmental

Conclusion

As the demand for Harar fruit has increased tremendously because of its medicinal value but the growers do not get enough profit from the Harar cultivation because of its lower yields and exploited by traders. In natural forest of Harar, diameter class V (>80 cm) gave maximum fruit yield. Whereas, among different landraces, Tamber registered the highest fruit yield and should be given the priority to harness maximum returns per unit area under Hamirpur environmental conditions.

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How to cite this article

Singh, S., Sharma, K., Bhatia, A.K., Sharma, S. and Sharma, V. (2021). Evaluation of Fruit Production Potential of Harar (Terminalia chebula Retz.) in Natural Forest and Manmade Plantation. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 13(3a): 709-712.