AgroScience Today, Volume 2, Issue 3 : 0118-0121

POPULAR ARTICLES

OPEN ACCESS | Published on : 31-Mar-2021

Fruit Cracking in Subtropical Fruits: Causes and Remedies

• Rakesh Kumar Jat
• Assistant Professor, Department of Fruit Science, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Jagudan, Mehsana, Gujarat, India.
• Mukesh Kumar
• Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Resource Management, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Jagudan, Mehsana, Gujarat, India.
• Rathwa A. D
• Assistant Professor, Department of Fruit Science, Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Jagudan, Mehsana, Gujarat, India.
• Mohan Lal Jat
• Research Scholar, Department of Horticulture, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, India.
• Jitendra Singh Shivran
• Research Scholar, Department of Horticulture, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand, India.

Abstract

Fruit cracking is a severe physiological condition that has a detrimental effect on fruit quality. Cracks on the fruit surface allow fungi to infect it, as well as promote rapid moisture loss and shriveling, lowering market quality and storage life. Fruit cracking happens when the plants have plenty of water after a prolonged drought, as well as when the temperature and humidity are high in the summer. In different fruit crops, different methods are used to regulate fruit cracking, such as drip irrigation, mulching, fertilizer management, resistant cultivars, bagging, different packaging materials, and timely harvesting, as well as spraying micronutrients and growth regulators.

Keywords

Fruit Cracking, Subtropical Fruits, Causes and Remedies, fruit quality

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