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ThesisItem Open Access Survey for superior types of sweet orange (Citrus sinensis Osbeck) in Marathwada region(Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani, 2013-05-31) Kamlesh Diwan; Naik, D. M.The present investigation entitled, “Survey for superior types of Sweet Orange (Citrus sinensis Osbeck) in Marathwada region”. The survey and selection work was undertaken during October-2012 to November-2012 during fruiting of Ambia Bahar. In Marathwada region 70 locations were visited and 70 types were collected. The present survey and selection work indicated that among the sweet orange cultivars there were some promising and superior cultivars. In fruit breeding programme, selection method is more effective. The findings of work indicated that the types PBN-7, ABD-7 and JAL-11 are promising for juice purpose as of high juice percentage. The performance of types JAL-10, JAL-11, ABD-1, ABD-3, PBN-2, PBN-3, PBN- 6 and NAD-2 were superior with regards to many characters like number of fruits per tree, length and breadth of fruit, weight of fruit, TSS, total sugar and yield of fruits per tree as well as in juice percentage. The overall evaluation of different types of sweet orange indicated that the types JAL-10, JAL-11, ABD-1, ABD-3, PBN-2, PBN-3, PBN-6 and NAD-2 were promising in productive and quality of fruit and may be used for further improvement programme in sweet orange