Abstract
Present investigation was conducted to assess the effect of different rate of pruning and chemical spray on physico-chemical properties and yield of litchi fruits during 2008–09 and 2009–10 at Ranchi. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with eleven treatments and three replications. Results on physico-chemical properties reveal that spraying of borax @ 0.5% or 1.0% increased TSS (17.42°Brix), ascorbic acid (51.82 mg/100g fresh fruit), total sugar (15.33%) and reducing sugar content (11.10%) of litchi fruits while the same spray decreased the acidity percentage. Pruning of litchi branches at 40 cm and spray of borax @ 1.0% or 0.5% had a positive effect on fruit yield (26.77 kg litchi/plant with 1.0% and 26.43 kg litchi/plant with 0.5% borax spray). Pruning of branches at 40 cm and spray of Borax @ 0.5% showed better B: C ratio of 2.23.
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Claim · model-written summary
Borax spray at 0.5% or 1.0% increased TSS of litchi fruits to 17.42°Brix.
LitchiNot reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“spraying of borax @ 0.5% or 1.0% increased TSS (17.42°Brix), ascorbic acid (51.82 mg/100g fresh fruit), total sugar (15.33%) and reducing sugar content (11.10%) of litchi fruits while the same spray decreased the acidity percentage”
Claim · model-written summary
Borax spray at 0.5% or 1.0% increased ascorbic acid of litchi fruits to 51.82 mg/100g.
- Treatment
- spraying of borax @ 0.5% or 1.0%e1
- Outcome
- ascorbic acide1
- Direction
- increasede1
- Value
- 51.82 mg/100ge1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“spraying of borax @ 0.5% or 1.0% increased TSS (17.42°Brix), ascorbic acid (51.82 mg/100g fresh fruit), total sugar (15.33%) and reducing sugar content (11.10%) of litchi fruits while the same spray decreased the acidity percentage”
Claim · model-written summary
Borax spray at 0.5% or 1.0% increased total sugar of litchi fruits to 15.33%.
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“spraying of borax @ 0.5% or 1.0% increased TSS (17.42°Brix), ascorbic acid (51.82 mg/100g fresh fruit), total sugar (15.33%) and reducing sugar content (11.10%) of litchi fruits while the same spray decreased the acidity percentage”
Claim · model-written summary
Borax spray at 0.5% or 1.0% increased reducing sugar content of litchi fruits to 11.10%.
- Treatment
- spraying of borax @ 0.5% or 1.0%e1
- Outcome
- reducing sugar contente1
- Direction
- increasede1
- Value
- 11.10%e1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“spraying of borax @ 0.5% or 1.0% increased TSS (17.42°Brix), ascorbic acid (51.82 mg/100g fresh fruit), total sugar (15.33%) and reducing sugar content (11.10%) of litchi fruits while the same spray decreased the acidity percentage”
Claim · model-written summary
Borax spray at 0.5% or 1.0% decreased the acidity percentage of litchi fruits.
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“spraying of borax @ 0.5% or 1.0% increased TSS (17.42°Brix), ascorbic acid (51.82 mg/100g fresh fruit), total sugar (15.33%) and reducing sugar content (11.10%) of litchi fruits while the same spray decreased the acidity percentage”
Claim · model-written summary
Pruning at 40 cm with borax spray at 1.0% or 0.5% had a positive effect on litchi fruit yield, 26.77 kg per plant with 1.0% borax.
- Treatment
- Pruning of litchi branches at 40 cm and spray of borax @ 1.0% or 0.5%e2
- Outcome
- fruit yielde2
- Direction
- positive effecte2
- Value
- 26.77 kg litchi/plante2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“spraying of borax @ 0.5% or 1.0% increased TSS (17.42°Brix), ascorbic acid (51.82 mg/100g fresh fruit), total sugar (15.33%) and reducing sugar content (11.10%) of litchi fruits while the same spray decreased the acidity percentage”
e2“Pruning of litchi branches at 40 cm and spray of borax @ 1.0% or 0.5% had a positive effect on fruit yield (26.77 kg litchi/plant with 1.0% and 26.43 kg litchi/plant with 0.5% borax spray)”
Claim · model-written summary
Pruning at 40 cm with borax spray at 1.0% or 0.5% had a positive effect on litchi fruit yield, 26.43 kg per plant with 0.5% borax.
- Treatment
- Pruning of litchi branches at 40 cm and spray of borax @ 1.0% or 0.5%e2
- Outcome
- fruit yielde2
- Direction
- positive effecte2
- Value
- 26.43 kg litchi/plante2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“spraying of borax @ 0.5% or 1.0% increased TSS (17.42°Brix), ascorbic acid (51.82 mg/100g fresh fruit), total sugar (15.33%) and reducing sugar content (11.10%) of litchi fruits while the same spray decreased the acidity percentage”
e2“Pruning of litchi branches at 40 cm and spray of borax @ 1.0% or 0.5% had a positive effect on fruit yield (26.77 kg litchi/plant with 1.0% and 26.43 kg litchi/plant with 0.5% borax spray)”
Claim · model-written summary
Pruning at 40 cm with borax spray at 0.5% gave a better B:C ratio of 2.23 in litchi.
- Treatment
- Pruning of branches at 40 cm and spray of Borax @ 0.5%e3
- Outcome
- B: C ratioe3
- Direction
- bettere3
- Value
- 2.23e3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“spraying of borax @ 0.5% or 1.0% increased TSS (17.42°Brix), ascorbic acid (51.82 mg/100g fresh fruit), total sugar (15.33%) and reducing sugar content (11.10%) of litchi fruits while the same spray decreased the acidity percentage”
e3“Pruning of branches at 40 cm and spray of Borax @ 0.5% showed better B: C ratio of 2.23”
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