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PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF AVOCADO UNDER MURREE HILLS CLIMATIC CONDITION
Avocado owing to its great nutritional and medical benefits fetch higher price making it one of most economical important fruits. Avocado immense importance arouses the need of its evaluation to check its adaptability under different climatic conditions. A research trial on evaluation of six varieties of this economically important fruit was tested at Hill Fruit Research substation Station, Murree, Pakistan during 2017-2020. Studies on physical parameters i.e. fruit size, pulp to seed ratio weight of the fruit and weight of seed significantly higher in avocado selection 1 than that of other varieties under evaluation. Data revealed that V2 (Selection II) and V4 (Selection IV) were the early varieties with fruit maturity. V1 (Selection I) gave maximum fruit length (16.27) and fruit weight (484) while V5 (Selection 5) give the minimum fruit yield (110) while in V4 (Selection IV), seed to pulp ratio is minimum (5.98).
Keywords: Avocado, climatic conditions, nutritional values, fruit maturity index