EFFECT OF BEE ATTRACTANTS ON FRUIT SET, YIELD AND QUALITY OF KIWIFRUIT [Actinidia deliciosa (A. Chev.) C.F. Liang and A.R. Ferguson]cv. Allison
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2019-07
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UHF,NAUNI
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The present investigations entitled “on fruEffect of bee attractants it set, yield and
quality of kiwifruit [Actinidia deliciosa (A. Chev) C.F. Liang and A.R. Ferguson] cv.
Allison” were carried out at Department of Fruit Science, Dr Y S Parmar University of
Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (HP) during 2017-18. The experiment was laid out in
Randomized Block Design with three replications of each treatment. The treatments
comprised of spray with 10% Jaggery solution, 10% Sugar solution, 10% Honey solution,
1.25% Bee Scent, 10% Sugarcane juice, Hand pollination and water spray (control). The
highest number of bee visits (18.66) at 5 per cent flowering and (20.00) at 50 per cent
flowering was recorded in 1.25 per cent Bee Scent treated vines at three days after spray.
Similarly, maximum fruit set (85.43%), yield (12.57 kg/vine), proportion of A grade and B
grade fruits (7.59% and 54.44%, respectively), fruit length (66.43 mm), fruit diameter (45.84
mm), fruit weight (69.91 g), number of seeds per fruit (595.50), TSS (12.23ºB), fruit firmness
(7.10 kg/cm2), total sugars (7.06%) and ascorbic acid (63.78 mg/100 g) were observed in
vines subjective to 1.25 per cent Bee Scent treatment closely followed by 10 per cent
sugarcane juice for bee visits, fruit set, yield, proportion of A and B grade fruits, fruit size,
weight, fruit firmness, TSS, total sugars and ascorbic acid content. Thus 1.25 per cent Bee
Scent and 10 per cent sugarcane juice were the most effective treatments in improving the
fruit set, yield and fruit quality of kiwifruit and could be a suitable substitute for laborious
practice of hand pollination.
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