Effect of Climate on Physiological and Quality Parameters of Kinnow Mandarin under North Western Himalayan Region

Abstract

Climatic factors are normally important in the development, yield and quality of fruits leading to commercial value. A field experiment was executed to evaluate the impact of weather parameter on physiological aspect and quality aspect of Kinnow mandarin, these were subjected to drip-irrigation starting from the first year of planting. Results showed positive correlationof peel per cent, peels thickness and pulp percent of kinnow mandarin fruit with minimum temperature and rainfall at K4 stage while evaporation was the only climatic factor that showed positive correlation withpeel per cent and pulp per cent of kinnow mandarin fruit at K4 stage. Similarly maximum and minimum of both temperature at K1 and K3 stage along with relative humidity at K1stage positively favour the content of number ofseed per kinnow mandarin fruit moreover evaporationalso exhibited a positive effect on number of seed per kinnow mandarin fruit at K2 and K3 stage.Stock: Scion ratio were found positively influence by only evaporation at K4 stage.