EFFECT OF CHEMICALS ON DEVELOPMENT OF FRUIT COLOUR IN POMEGRANATE (PUNICA GRANATUM L. ‘GANESH’)

Pomegranate fruit does not develop attractive rind and aril colour under Bijapur conditions.
Although arils should develop normally in the fruit, the undesired rind colours affect the marketability of the fruit.
In the present study it was noticed that spraying potassium dihydrogen orthophosphate (0.5%) or potassium nitrate (1%) effectively improved rind colour to red or red yellow, the aril colour was either reddish or pink by this treatment.

III International Symposium on Pomegranate and Minor Mediterranean Fruits

M.K. Sheikh

Punicaceae, KH₂PO₄, KNO₃, anthocyanin

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2015.1089.54