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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 |
