International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2017, Volume : 5, Issue : 5
First page : (979) Last page : (983)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2671
Physico-Chemical Properties of Some Varieties of Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.)
Monalisa Hota* and D. S. Dahiya
Department of Horticulture
Choudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, 125 004
*Corresponding Author E-mail: monalishaht86@gmail.com
Received: 10.03.2017 | Revised: 18.04.2017 | Accepted: 26.04.2017
ABSTRACT
The present investigation was carried out in order to find different physico-chemical characteristics of four varieties of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) namely Mridula, Ganesh, Bhagwa and Wonderful grown at Centre of Excellence for Fruits, The Indo-Israel Agriculture Project, Mangiana (Haryana). The study reveals that, the morphological characteristics of fruit like colour of fruit varies from yellowish to dark red and the aril colour of Mridula, Ganseh, Bhagwa and Wonderful were found to be dark red, yellowish, dark red and yellowish pink respectively. The average weight of fruit was found to be 159.85 to 320.75 g. The average aril weight, average rind weight, aril % and rind % were found to be in range of 104.45-186.54 g, 49.83-137.54 g, 53.34-65.5 % and 31.17-42.88 %. The chemical parameters of fruit determined were total soluble solid (TSS), acidity, pH and ascorbic acid. The results indicate that the TSS was highest in Ganesh (13.66°Brix) which was at par with Mridula (13°Brix) and low TSS was reported from Wonderful (9.66°Brix) cultivar. pH was lowest in Wonderful (3.43) and acidty was higehst in Wonderful (1.3%) and no difference in pH and acidity of other cultivars. There is no significant variation in the ascorbic acid content of different cultivars.
Key words: Bhagwa, Ganesh, Mridula, Pomegranate, Wonderful
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Cite this article: Hota, M. and Dahiya, D.S., Physico-Chemical Properties of Some Varieties of Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.), Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.5(5): 979-983 (2017). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2671
