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Sender Institution: |
Department of Fruit Breeding and Genetic Resources |
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Title: |
"Improvement of almond" |
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Project leader: |
SHARMA S.D. |
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Participants: |
Kumar K. |
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Funding institution: |
Department of Fruit Breeding and Genetic Resources - Nauni - Solan |
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Starting year: |
1976 |
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Duration: |
long term |
Project objectives:
1. Selection of late flowering and early maturing varieties of almond.
2. Introduction and selection of self-fruitful cultivars of almond.
3. Selection for high yield and better quality nuts.
4. Selection of varieties resistant to insect pests and diseases.
Project summary:
The improvement work on almond was started in 1976 at Nausi, district Solan (H.P.) where about 60 varieties and seedlings selections were to evaluate under mid hill conditions of Himackal Pradesh. Similarly 60 varieties and seedlings selections were introduce at Regional Horticultura Research Station, Sharbo, district Kinnaur (H.P.) to evaluate them under the temperate conditions of Himachal Pradesh. Some of the seedlings and selections like Sharbo selections, Spillo selection were found promising.
Related publications:
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SHARMA S.D., SADARIA D.T., 1985. Fruit selection under different modes of pollination in almond (Prunus amygdalus Batsch). Him. J. Res. 11 (1): 100-101.
SHARMA S.D., 1993. Physical characters and quality of nuts of some almond cultivars and seedling selections grown under Kinnaur conditions of Himachal Pradesh. Haryana Jour. Hort. Sci. 22 (1): 34-37.
SHARMA S.D., TOMAR C.S., 1992. Performance of some almond cultivars and seedling selection (Prunus amygdalus) under dry temperate conditions of Kinnaur. NHB, Technical Communications of Emerging trends in Temperate Fruit Production in India, pp. 52-55.
SHARMA S.D., 1993. Sharbo selection a new almond. Fruit Var. Jour. 47 (3): 717.
