Additional Facilities for Improvement in Fruit Yield and Quality of Guava, Pomegranate and Date palm
Additional Facilities for Improvement in Fruit Yield and Quality of Guava, Pomegranate and Date palm
Duration
2014-15 to 2016-17
Total Cost
22.124 Million
Target Achieved
A technology has been standardized for production asexual propagation of pedigree plants of guava through by planting 9 inches long shoot tips with 2-3 terminal leaves (treated with IBA @ 0.4%) in beds under tunnel during the month of October.
Ten strains of guava (GS-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, 9 & 10) have been selected.
Eight strains of Pomegranate (PS-1,2,3,4,5, 6, 7 & 8 ) have been selected
Fourteen varieties of exotic date palm varieties (Ajwa, Anbarah, Khudri, NabutSaif, Sagai , Khalas, Barhee, Shishi, Sultana Medjool, Lulu, Nemeishi, Raziz, Zamli) have been imported.
The technology has been standardized for drying of dates at 52±10°C for 60 hours.
Brochures of date palm, pomegranate and guava have been got printed and delivered to the farmers .
