Evaluation of 20 genotypes of jackfruit was conducted in the orchards of Department of Horticulture, UAS, GKVK, Bangalore and State Forest Department Farm, Tamaka at Kolar district, Karnataka, India. Study employed evaluation for differentiating cracking and non-cracking types. Based on overall performance with respect to vegetative growth, yield and quality parameters, jackfruit cracking and non-cracking genotypes were confirmed to be closely similar with each other and these cracking trait jackfruits were suggested more likely to be varietal characters. The investigation also revealed that cracking genotypes contained less pectin when compared with the non-cracking genotypes that may cause cracking due to inelastic nature of the rind.
Jackfruit, Pectin, Tissue culture jackfruit, Varietal characters
