TITLE:
Evaluation of Pear Varieties for Physiochemical Traits Grown under Climatic Conditions of Soon Valley, Pakistan
AUTHORS:
Malik Mohsin Abbas, Hira Fai, Muhammad Maaz Aziz, Sahar Rashid, Hameed Ullah, Rashad Qadri, Muhammad Azam
KEYWORDS:
Pear, Physiological Traits, Climate, Soon Valley
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Plant Sciences,
Vol.9 No.11,
October
19,
2018
ABSTRACT: The study carried out aimed
at characterizing the pear cultivars and to explore the specific cultivar most suitable to be commercially
grown in Soon valley region. Nine pear varieties (Leconte, Bagugosha, Bartlet
pear, Concord, Pear selection-1, Pear Red, Pear White, Kashmiri Nashpati and
Kashmiri Nakh) were tested for their physiochemical quality attributes. The observations made during the study revealed that
variety Bagugosha scored maximum (7.95, 8.10) in taste and flavor respectively.
The same variety produced maximum fruit size (5081 mm2), fruit weight (205 g), soluble solid contents (15%) and total sugars
(9.56%). However, fruit yield per plant was maximum (98.80 kg) in Bartlet pear
variety and Bagugosha produced fruitweight of 60.20 kg. Titratable acidity was determined maximum
(0.44%) in Kashmiri Nakh. Number of seeds were maximum (8.20) in Bartlet Pear
as well as in Bgugosha. The
exploration of this
research study revealed that the Bagugosha is the prime quality cultivar to be
suggested for commercial cultivation in Soon valley compared to all nine
evaluated varieties.