Vol. 11, Issue 9 (2022)

Author(s):
Aascharya Pandey, Vijay Bahadur, Atul Yadav and Deepak Lall

Abstract:
Temperature and water influences the life cycle of fruit plant in a variety of manners. High temperature, low temperature water stress are the major consequences of climate change. Adverse effect of high temperature and low temperature has been noted during both vegetative and reproductive growth stages in various fruit crops. The adverse effect of temperature on fruit plants occurs when crosses its limits. These effects are either due to direct injuries or due the reduced activity of enzymes and disturbed metabolic processes. Water is required by the fruit plants throughout their life for different physiological processes. Water influences cell division, cell enlargement, respiration, absorption, translocation and utilization of mineral nutrients besides other physiological processes. Optimizing water applications by scheduling irrigation to fruit orchards may increase water productivity, reduce production costs and increase tree growth and fruit yield.