Fruit Science

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ORCHARD

Total Area – 21.2Acre

It is a farmland where fruit crops are grown on a large area. We have around 21.2 acres of orchard which comprises of Mango, Jackfruit, Banana, Citrus, Guava, Pomegranate, Dragon fruit, Jamun, Amla, Custard apple, Star fruit, etc.,

The main aim of our orchard is to

Increase the production of various fruit crops.
Demo units for high density planting system were also developed to disseminate the HDP technologies to the students and farmers.
Field trials and hands on training practices viz., training and pruning operations,
Pest and Disease Management
PGRs application for increased production in off season is being conducted.

The following fruit crops are planted and maintained

S. NO	LIST OF FRUIT CROPS	NUMBER OF PLANTS
1.	Mango – Mangifera indica	Ultra-High-Density planting- 2400 Conventional- 273 Total- 2673
2.	Sapota –Manilkhara achras	50
3.	Citrus – Citrus sp.	750
4.	Guava – Psidium guajava	50
5.	Banana- Musa paradisicum	1100
6.	Papaya – Carica papaya	100
7.	Pomegranate –Punica granatum	25
8.	Ber –Ziziphus mauritiana	5
9.	Wood Apple –Limonia acidissima	5
10.	Jamun –Szygium cumuni	250
11.	Karonda – Carissa carandas	5
12.	Custard Apple – Annona squamosa	30
13.	Star fruit (Carambola) – Averrhoa carambola	5
14.	Dragon fruit – Selenicereus undatus	5
15.	Passion fruit – Passiflora edulis	5
16.	Fig – Ficuscarica	15
17.	Jack fruit – Artocarpus heterphylla	250
18.	Amla – Emblica officinalis	20
19.	Sweet orange – Citrus sinensis (Kamala orange and Sathukudi)	35
20.	Tamarind – Tamarindus indica	5
21.	Manila Tamarind – Pithecellobium dulce	20