1Department of Horticulture, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141 004
2Regional Fruit Research Station, Bahadurgarh, Patiaia 147 021.
3Punjab Horticultural Post harvest Technology Centre, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141 004.
Three types of flowers, viz., thrum, homostylous and pin were observed in pomegranate cultivars Ganesh-1 and Kandhari. All the thrum flowers produced were abscised, which contributed approximately 80 per cent of the total flower drop. On the contrary, pin flower drop varied from 1.1 to 9.9% and 6.5 to 9.1% in Ganesh-1 and Kandhari respectively. Higher proportion of pin flowers, fruit set (%) and uniformity in fruit size was observed in the early flowering season, whereas number of male flowers increased with the advancement of flowering period. It is suggested that the deblossoming of flowers/buds in pomegranate should be carried out on the criteria of total pin flowers production under certain climatic conditions.
Pomegranate, deblossoming, flower drop
