@article{LAL_SAHU_KUMAR_PANDEY_2022, title={Effect of rainfall and temperature on sun burn and fruit cracking in litchi}, volume={24}, url={https://journal.agrimetassociation.org/index.php/jam/article/view/1153}, DOI={10.54386/jam.v24i2.1153}, abstractNote={<p>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.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Journal of Agrometeorology}, author={LAL, NARAYAN and SAHU, NISHA and KUMAR, ABHAY and PANDEY, SHESHDHAR}, year={2022}, month={Apr.}, pages={169–171} }