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SCOPE OF HIGH DENSITY PLANTINGS OF PEACH IN THE SUBTROPICS OF INDIA
Article number
662_31
Pages
221 – 224
Language
English
Abstract
Peach cultivation is gaining popularity in the north Indian subtropics due to higher returns on a unit area basis and availability of suitable low chilling peach cultivars.
Information on the use of high density planting of peach in subtropics is inadequate.
Trees of Shan-i-Punjab peach were planted at three spacing viz. 6 x 6 m, 3 x 3 m and 6 x 1.5 m accommodating 289, 800, 1111 trees per hectare, respectively.
In 3 x 3 m spacing, there were 3 solid rows, separated by a gap of 6 m after every 3 rows.
Trees planted at 6 x 6 m and 3 x 3 m were trained to modified leader system and those planted at 6 x 1.5 m were trained to Y-shaped structure.
Maximum tree girth (59.21 cm) of six-year-old trees was recorded in 6 x 6 m planted trees followed by trees planted at 3 x 3 m (48.60 cm) and 6 x 1.5 m (40.38 cm) distances.
Trees planted at 6 x 6 m recorded significantly higher fruit yield per tree but productivity was maximum in the 6 x 1.5 m planted trees.
The cumulative yield over a five year period was maximum (85.06 tonne/ha) in 6 x 1.5 m planted trees followed by trees planted at 3 x 3 m (56.74 tonne/ha) and 6 x 6 m (51.32 tonne/ha) distances.
Fruits harvested from 6 x 6 m and 6 x 1.5 m planted trees were superior in quality and matured earlier than those harvested from the spacing of 3 x 3 m.
The percentage of marketable fruit was maximum in 6 x 1.5 m and minimum in the 3 x 3 m planted trees.
Information on the use of high density planting of peach in subtropics is inadequate.
Trees of Shan-i-Punjab peach were planted at three spacing viz. 6 x 6 m, 3 x 3 m and 6 x 1.5 m accommodating 289, 800, 1111 trees per hectare, respectively.
In 3 x 3 m spacing, there were 3 solid rows, separated by a gap of 6 m after every 3 rows.
Trees planted at 6 x 6 m and 3 x 3 m were trained to modified leader system and those planted at 6 x 1.5 m were trained to Y-shaped structure.
Maximum tree girth (59.21 cm) of six-year-old trees was recorded in 6 x 6 m planted trees followed by trees planted at 3 x 3 m (48.60 cm) and 6 x 1.5 m (40.38 cm) distances.
Trees planted at 6 x 6 m recorded significantly higher fruit yield per tree but productivity was maximum in the 6 x 1.5 m planted trees.
The cumulative yield over a five year period was maximum (85.06 tonne/ha) in 6 x 1.5 m planted trees followed by trees planted at 3 x 3 m (56.74 tonne/ha) and 6 x 6 m (51.32 tonne/ha) distances.
Fruits harvested from 6 x 6 m and 6 x 1.5 m planted trees were superior in quality and matured earlier than those harvested from the spacing of 3 x 3 m.
The percentage of marketable fruit was maximum in 6 x 1.5 m and minimum in the 3 x 3 m planted trees.
Authors
J.S. Kanwar, H. Singh
Keywords
peach, high density, Shan-i-Punjab
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