Effect of rainfall and temperature on sun burn and fruit cracking in litchi

Authors

  • NARAYAN LAL ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal 462038 Madhya Pradesh
  • NISHA SAHU ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal 462038 Madhya Pradesh
  • ABHAY KUMAR ICAR-National Research Centre on Litchi, Muzaffarpur 842002, Bihar
  • SHESHDHAR PANDEY ICAR-National Research Centre on Litchi, Muzaffarpur 842002, Bihar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54386/jam.v24i2.1153

Keywords:

Sun burn, Fruit cracking, FST, RWC, Temperature

Abstract

The sun burn and fruit cracking in litchi were high in 2019 (10.5% and 10.1%) when temperature was high with low rainfall during fruit growth while low in 2017 (1.9% and 3.7%) when temperature was low. Lack of soil moisture and high temperature reduced the fruit weight in Kasba cultivar by (26.2%) and rainfall induced cracking in the cultivars Bedana and Early Bedana. The cultivars having higher relative water content and cuticle thickness reflected in low fruit cracking and vice-versa. These results may be helpful to identify suitable cultivars for preventive measures to reduce sun burn and fruit cracking in litchi.

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Published

27-04-2022

How to Cite

LAL, N., SAHU, N., KUMAR, A., & PANDEY, S. (2022). Effect of rainfall and temperature on sun burn and fruit cracking in litchi. Journal of Agrometeorology, 24(2), 169–171. https://doi.org/10.54386/jam.v24i2.1153

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 2 (2022): June

Section

Research Paper

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