Variation of pomelo (Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck) in Nepal and participatory selection of strains for further improvement (original) (raw)

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A farmers’ participatory survey was carried out in the mid-hill and plain (Terai) regions of Nepal to assess the diversity, consumers’ preference for fruit quality and potential for selection of elite pomelo clones. A wide variation of morphological characters of tree, fruit, leaf and seed was identified from information gathered and from laboratory analysis. Multivariate analysis of the data produced five discrete groups, which were represented by plants from different agro-ecological regions and soil types. The groups differed significantly in yield efficiency, fruit shape and size, pulp, juice, total soluble solids and acid content, seed number, leaf shape and size. Some fruit characters, such as yield, size and acid content were found to be affected by environment and genotype, whereas others, such as fruit shape, pulp colour, seed number, bitterness were not affected by environment. Leaf shape and petiole wing shape were also not affected by the environment. Farmers were more interested in quality characteristics rather than to aspects of yield. Six superior types were identified.

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We owe our thanks to the Department for International Development (DFID), UK for funding this research (R6389). However, the Department for International Development can accept no responsibility for any information provided or views expressed. We also thank Nepal Agricultural Research Council for providing experimental field and laboratory facilities. We also thank Professor Trevor Williams for his useful comments on the manuscript.

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   Krishna P. Paudyal
2. Centre for Environmental Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO 17 1BJ, UK
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Paudyal, K.P., Haq, N. Variation of pomelo (Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck) in Nepal and participatory selection of strains for further improvement.Agroforest Syst 72, 195–204 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-007-9088-z

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• Received: 11 May 2006
• Accepted: 16 July 2007
• Published: 08 August 2007
• Issue Date: March 2008
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-007-9088-z

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