Bioactive composition of fruit peel and pulp in loquat cultivars during different fruit developmental stages


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  • Harsimrat kaur Bons punjab agricultural university
  • Jakkula Radhika

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v96i7.173606

Keywords:

DAFS (days after fruit set), fruit developmental stages, antioxidant activity, phenolics, carotenoids.

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Bons et al. — Bioactive composition of fruit peel and pulp in loquat cultivars during different fruit developmental stages

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Author Biographies

  • Harsimrat kaur Bons, punjab agricultural university

    Senior Fruit Scientist 

    Deptt Of Fruit Science

  • Jakkula Radhika

    Phd Research scholar

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Submitted

2025-11-27

Published

2026-07-02

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Bons, H. kaur, & Jakkula Radhika. (2026). Bioactive composition of fruit peel and pulp in loquat cultivars during different fruit developmental stages. The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 96(7). https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v96i7.173606
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