Present investigation was carried out at research orchard of Division of Pomology and Post Harvest Technology,Udheywalla, SKUAST-Jammu during 2002 to ascertain the effect of girdling, thinning and GA₃ on fruit growth, yield, quality and shelf life of grapes cv. Perlette. Growth pattern of berry revealed that berry takes 52 days after fruit set (DAFS) or ...

Peach has a limited postharvest life because of its high moisture content and metabolic activities that take place in the fruit during its postharvest phase. Loss of moisture, shrivelling, fungal and bacterial diseases, pest infestation and physiological disorders are some major postharvest problems of peach. Under ordinary conditions of storage the life of the fru...

The present investigation on "Effect of propagation methods and pinching on growth, yield and quality of cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana L.)" was undertaken in the nursery block of division of Pomology and Post Harvest Technology, FOA, SKUAST-J, Udheywalla, Jammu, during 2004-2005. The experiment was laid out in factorial randomized block design with three repl...

The present investigations were carried out at the Tissue Culture Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Kashtnir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Udheywalla, Jammu during the year 2004-2006 to study the various aspects of in vitro propagation of Citrus spp. The nodal segments of 2-3 weeks old newly grown flushes from 10-12 year old mature tr...

The present study on chemical manipulation in regeneration capacity and comparative performance of some strawberry cultivars, was conducted at Krishi Vigyan Kendra Farm, R.S. Pura, Jammu, during 2000-2001. The whole programme of study was divided into two experiments. Experiment 1 relates to find out the best chemical alongwith its concentration in relation to rege...