Hard seeded types :
2.Soft seeded types
Bhagwa: Bigger fruit size, sweet, saffron coloured thick skin. Less susceptible to fruit spots and thrips as compared to other varieties and matures in mid-October. It gives an average yield of 14.kg per tree.
Other Varieties –
Jyothi, Arakta, Rudhra, Solapur Lal and Solapur Anardana
Bacterial blight tolerant varieties: Nayana, Kalpitiya,
Soil –
Climate –
It can also be propagated by air layering or gootee, as well as ground layering. Transplanting of rooted cuttings is done during monsoon season
Pomegranate propagation-
N | P | K | |
After I year | 250 | 125 | 125 |
II Year | 500 | 125 | 125 |
III Year | 500 | 125 | 250 |
IV year and above | 625 | 250 | 500 |
24 – 30 months.
NAA 10 mg/l as foliar spray during September when new flush initiation occurs
Training and Pruning help in growth of fresh healthy shoots. It removes old also disease branches and avoids overcrowding of branches. It also maintains proper shape of plant.
In pomegranate the fruits are borne terminally on short spurs produced all along the slow growing mature wood.
Pomegranate flowers continuously when watered regularly.
The plants under such conditions may continue bearing flowers and bear small crop irregularly at different period of 37 the year, which may not be desirable commercially.
To avoid this trees are given bahar treatment.
The choice of flowering or fruiting is controlled by the availability of irrigation water, market demand, and the prevalence of pests and diseases in a particular area.
Objectives-
Mrig Bahar
Ambe Bahar
Hasta bahar
1.Boron-
Deficiency Symptoms-
Corrective Measures-
1)Anar Butterfly : Deudorix (Virachola) isocrates
Symptoms
Management-
2) Mealy Bug: Ferrisia virgata
Symptoms of damage-
Management-
3)Aphid: Aphis punicae
Symptoms of damage
Management-
Spray of Thiamethoxam 25WG@0.20gm/Ltr or Imidacloprid @0.35ml/Ltr of water.
4) Fruit borer: Conogethes punctiferalis
Symptoms of damage-
Management-
5.Whitefly:Siphoninus phillyreae
Symptoms of damage
Management-
1. Black spot / fruit rot : (collectotrichum gloeosporoides)
Symptoms :
Management :
2. Bacterial leaf spot : (Xanthomonas campestris pv. punicae)
Symptoms :
Management :
3.Cercospora Fruit Spot: Cercospora sp.
Symptoms-
Management-
4.Alternaria fruit spot: Alternaria alternata
Management-
5.Wilt:
Management-
If infestation is observed, do drenching of Carbendazim@5gm/5Ltr to infected plant also other plants surrounding diseases plants.
20-25 t /ha/year
The fruits can be stored up to 6 months at 0 to 4.5°C and 80% RH.