Vol. 11, Special Issue 11 (2022)

Author(s):
Manjula GS, Vasudeva KR, Sadananda GK, Krishna HC, Suresh GJ and Shankarappa TS

Abstract:
An investigation was carried out to characterize and evaluate Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus L.) germplasm at Jack garden, Kolar for fruit and fruit characters was carried out under Department of Postharvest Technology, College of Horticulture, Bengaluru. Results revealed that the genotypes had significant variations for fruit physical parameters. The number of flakes per kg of fruit ranged from 15.67 in Tamaka-5 to 58.00 in Tamaka-28. The weight of flakes per kg of fruit ranged from 346.02 gm in Tamaka-47 to 697.43 gm in Byrachandra variety. The weight of fresh flake with seed ranged from 8.5 g in Tamaka-28 to 46.73 g in Tamaka-5. Weight of fresh flake with seed and without seed varied significantly among the fifty jackfruit genotypes. Flake/Fruit ratio varied from 0.5 per cent in Tamaka-38 (Flake: Seed ratio 0.97) to 0.88 in Byrachandra variety (Flake: Seed ratio 7.66). Highest flake length was observed in Tamaka-5 (83.52 mm) while, lowest was in Tamaka-37 (20.23 mm). Broadest flake was obtained in Tamaka-6 (46.48 mm) and lowest flake width was in Tamaka-37 (16.03 mm). Flake thickness varied from a minimum of 1.14 mm in Tamaka-47 to a maximum of 7.57 mm in Tamaka-5.