Author/Authors :
dogar, waqas ahmed national agricultural research center (narc) - department of horticultural research and development, Islamabad , khan, arshad ali brains institute, Pakistan , ahmed, saeed national agricultural research centre (narc) - department of horticultural research and development, Pakistan , tariq, sudheer national agricultural research centre (narc) - department of horticultural research and development, Pakistan , ahmad, mukhtar national agricultural research centre (narc) - department of horticultural research and development, Pakistan , imran, muhammad national agricultural research centre (narc) - department of horticultural research and development, Pakistan , noman, muhammad national agricultural research centre (narc) - department of horticultural research and development, Pakistan , khan, nadeem abdul wali khan university - department of agriculture, Pakistan
Abstract :
A field trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of high density plantation on growth and yield of citrus (Kinnow and Musambi) grown under drip irrigation at Postgraduate Agriculture Research Station (PARS) Institute of Horticultural Sciences, University of Agriculture Faisalabad. Plants were grown at three planting distances as T1 (11 x 22ft), T2 (11 x 11ft) and T3 (22 x 22ft). T1 (11x22ft) was optimum plantation and showed best results for yield. Maximum fruit yield per plant (3.6373 kg) was observed from the same plants. T2 (11 x 11ft) was close plantation and had more total number of flowers per plant (441.58) and fruit length (58.243 mm), but yield was less due to more fruit drop % (74.165). While, T3 (22 x 22ft) exhibited the poorest results. V2 (Musambi) showed best results for most parameters. Overall situation indicated that plants planted at 11 x 22ft (T1) showed better results as compared to plants planted at 11x11ft (T2) and 22 x 22ft (T3) of both species. Musambi showed best results as compared to Kinnow. So this study helped to optimize best planting distance in citrus adopted for high yield and good quality fruit with some extra care and management practices in orchard and proved to be the best planting distance for citrus under agro ecological conditions of Punjab province of Pakistan.
Keywords :
Citrus , Kinnow , Musambi , High density , Yield , Quality , Vigor
