Gandaki Longan 1: first longan variety


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Authors

  • Vishal Nath
  • A K Gupta
  • E S Marboh
  • K Srivastava
  • Vinod Kumar
  • M Singh

Abstract

The Gandaki Longan 1 is an early-maturing variety of longan having superiorquality fruits and dwarf tree stature. The tree crown is spherical with densecanopy. Fruits are round or oblate with thin, yellow-brown skin. The fleshseparates easily from seeds. It is creamy to waxy yellow with a crisp texture. It isa regular-bearer, large-fruited cultivar (average fruit weight is 13-16 g), havingthick and firm aril, high aril recovery rate (edible part of 69-74%) and sweetwith TSS of 20-23°Brix. It provides diversification opportunity to litchi-producingareas of country.

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Author Biographies

  • Vishal Nath
    (Director), NRC for Litchi, Muzaffarpur (Bihar).
  • A K Gupta
    (Scientists),
  • E S Marboh
    (Scientists),
  • K Srivastava
    (Scientists),
  • Vinod Kumar
    (Scientists),
  • M Singh
    (Scientists),

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Submitted

2018-06-20

Published

2018-11-01

Issue

Vol. 63 No. 1 (2018)

Section

Articles

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How to Cite

Nath, V., Gupta, A. K., Marboh, E. S., Srivastava, K., Kumar, V., & Singh, M. (2018). Gandaki Longan 1: first longan variety. Indian Horticulture, 63(1). https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IndHort/article/view/80829