Vol. 7, Issue 4 (2019)
Present status of Khasi Mandarin in Tripura state of North East India
Author(s): RK Kakoti, Jamini Saikia, Sikha Deka, Arunima Gogoi and AC Barbora
Abstract: Khasi Mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco.) is one of the most widely cultivated and important commercial fruit crop of North East India. During 2018, a survey was conducted in Mandarin orchards of Tripura to study the present status of Khasi Mandarin in relation to growth, yield, quality, soil, insect pest and disease tolerance. The study revealed that the present condition of Mandarin orchards from Tripura is not properly maintained by the farmers due to heavy infestation of insect, pest and diseases and lower nutrient status of soil. Though the two district viz., Sipahijala and Gomati district of Tripura was found to have Khasi mandarin fruits in the orchards but the production is gradually going to be decline. The Mandarin fruits were evaluated morphologically and biochemically for different parameters. Most of the orchards of two districts of Tripura recorded superior quality fruits in respect of juice content (%), acidity (%), TSS (ºBrix), TSS: Acidity and Ascorbic acid (mg/100 ml) content. Among the growth, yield and yield attributing parameters, the orchards of Tripura showed significant difference for all the characters studied. Incidence of various diseases, occurrence of major insect pest, lower nutrient concentration and lack of disease free quality planting materials are the bottlenecks accounting for overall low average productivity of 4.09 MT/ha. Though at present Tripura have limited area under Khasi mandarin production, but their quality was found superior.
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RK Kakoti, Jamini Saikia, Sikha Deka, Arunima Gogoi, AC Barbora. Present status of Khasi Mandarin in Tripura state of North East India. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(4):2943-2948.
