Performance of acid lime cultivars for hasth bahar under semi arid condition of Vidarbha

An experiment was conducted during 2013 and 2014 to evaluate the “Performance of different acid lime (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle) cultivars for hasta bahar was conducted at “All India Co-ordinated Research Project on Tropical Fruits” (Citrus) Dr. PDKV, Akola. Observations on growth parameters, fruit set, yield attributes and quality parameters were recorded. The plant growth parameters in respect of plant height (4.28 m) and plant volume (67.60 m3) was found maximum in cultivar ‘PDKV lime’ in hasta bahar, first flowering was observed in cultivar ‘Chakradhar’ while lastly flowering was noted in cultivar ‘Tenali’. Number of flower/shoot noted maximum in cultivar ‘Vikram’ (146.33), while fruit set percentage was more (30.97%) and duration of flowering was less (25.43 days) in cultivar ‘PDKV lime’. Fruit yield on the basis of number of fruits per plant (661.33) and 37.73 kg/plant was recorded highest in cultivar ‘PDKV lime’ also superior fruit quality in respect of maximum fruit weight (58.24 g), fruit volume (54.27 cm3), fruit diameter (3.79 cm), T.S.S (8.25 Brix), Acidity percentage (8.66) Ascorbic acid (32.8 mg/100ml) was recorded in variety ‘PDKV lime’ whereas maximum juice content (49.57%) and minimum number of seeds per fruit (1.50) was observed in cultivar ‘Chakradhar’.