26 J. Hortl. Sci. Vol. 14(1) : 26-32, 2019 Original Research Paper Correlation of trunk cross sectional area with fruit yield, quality and leaf nutrient status in plum under North West Himalayan region of India Dinesh Kumar, K.K. Srivastava and S.R. Singh ICAR- Central Institute for Temperate Horticulture, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India Principal Scientist, ICAR- Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture, Lucknow. E-mail:dkches@rediffmail.com ABSTRACT An experiment was conducted to study the correlation of trunk cross sectional area (TCSA) with fruit yield, quality and leaf nutrient status in plum at ICAR-Central Institute for Temperate Horticulture, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir during 2013-14. The TCSA (110.45, 118.23, 123.45, 131.67, 139.25, 146.82, 152.37 and 161.26 cm2) was based on their trunk girth at 15 cm above the ground. Maximum canopy volume (23.14m3 and fruit number 128/ tree) were recorded when TCSA was highest (161.26cm2). Maximum fruit weight (58.85g) was recorded with 123.45cm2 TCSA. Fruit yield and productivity efficiency (59.47kg/ tree and 0.29kg/ cm2) were recorded with 152.37cm2 TCSA. Fruit size (47.45 x 44.12mm), pulp weight (57.54g) and pulp/stone ratio (43.92) were recorded with 123.45cm2 TCSA. Maximum TSS (19.450B), total sugar (13.98%) and reducing sugar (11.46% ) were recorded with 161.26 cm2 TCSA. Non-reducing sugar (2.53% ) was recorded with 118.23cm2 TCSA. Higher leaf nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium content (2.38, 0.19 and 1.95%) was observed with 161.26 cm2 TCSA. A positive and significant correlation was noticed between TCSA and canopy volume (0.995), fruit number (0.992), yield (0.968), pulp/stone ratio (0.903), TSS (0.977), total sugar (0.937), reducing sugar (0.920), non-reducing sugar (0.048), leaf N (0.971), leaf P (0.977) and leaf K (0.997) value in plum variety Santa Rosa under North West Himalayan region of India. Keywords: TCSA, plum fruit yield, quality, leaf nutrient INTRODUCTION Plum (Prunus domestica L.) is one of the important stone fruits of temperate region of India, mainly grown in the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The total area under plum cultivation is 22,000 ha with annual production of 82, 000 tonnes a nd pr oductivity is 3. 72 t/ha (Anonymous, 2015) as compared to other apricot gr owing countr ies in the wor d. T he chilling requirement of this crop ranges from 300 to 400 hour s (chill unit) depending upon the va r iety (Japanese as well as European plum). The plum fruit are commonly used for fresh as well as for drying purposes. The processed products include candy, frozen fruit, jams, jelly products and tradi­tional Serbian plum for alcoholic beverages (Milosevic et al., 2010a). The ripe fruits are the rich source of Vitamin A, B (Thiamine), riboflavin and minerals like calcium, phosphorus and iron. The dried plums are known as prunes and all plum cultivar cannot be used for drying purpose. The prunes have great Ayurvedic value for medicine. European plums are used both for drying and fresh markets, while Chinese plums are used mainly for fresh market (Kumar et al., 2018). The Trunk Cross sectional Area (TCSA) of fruit tree is a useful index for estimation of fruit yield and other pa ra meter s (Chapman et al., 1986). Several variations have been observed in the TCSA of plum trees even when a single cultivar is planted on a large scale, which is mainly due to differences in root characteristics leading to nutrient uptake. The differences in tree size have shown differences in their performance in respect of growth and fruit yield (Oppenheimer, 1960). The TCSA of the tree is positively related to transport of nutrient from root to aerial parts of the plant and the distribution 27 Correlation studies in plum J. Hortl. Sci. Vol. 14(1) : 26-32, 2019 of food materials from site of production to site of utilization (Hartmann and Kester, 1989), which ultimately influences the vegeta tive as well as reproductive growth of tree. An objective of our investigation was to determine the effect of trunk cross sectional area of trees on growth, fruit yield, quality a nd leaf nutr ient status of plum under Kashmir conditions of Jammu and Kashmir. MATERIALS AND METHODS The experiment was conducted on eight year old trees of plum variety Santa Rosa, planted with 5m × 5 m s p a c in g a t I C AR - C ent r a l I n s t it u t e of Temper a te Hor ticultur e, Srinaga r, Ja mmu and K a s hmir, I ndia du r ing 2 0 1 3 a nd 2 0 1 4 . T he Research farm at Srinagar is situated at a latitude of 34° 05’N and longitude of 74° 50’E and at an altitude of 1640 m above mean sea level. The plum variety Santa Rosa is commercially grown in the region and requires 300-400 chill hours for proper fruiting. Fruits of are highly attractive shape and size with red in colour. The experimental field soils are silty loam with medium fertility levels (38.50% sand, 25.2.0% Silt and 36.30% clay; pH 6.8, 0.45% organic carbon, 358.5 kg N/ha, 10.45 kg P/ha and 281.35 kg K/ha). There were eight different Trunk Cross Sectional Ar ea of tree (110. 45, 118.23, 123. 45, 131.67, 139.25, 146.82, 152.37 and 161.26 cm2) based on their trunk girth at 15 cm above the ground. The experiment was laid out in ra ndomized block design with three replications and two trees per unit with almost uniform trunk cross-sectional area were kept for recording the observations. The trees were trained in Central Modified Leader system and pruning was done during dormant (December- January) depending upon the climatic condition. T he t r u nk c r os s - s ec t iona l a r ea of t r ee wa s calcula ted by using for mula TCSA=Girth2/4 (Westwood et al., 1963). Observations on canopy volume, fruit number, size and yield were recorded during fruiting season. Fruits were harvested at maturity stage and yield per tree was calculated in kilogr a m. T he p r oductivity eff iciency wa s calculated by formula: Fruit yield (kg/tree)Productivity efficiency (kg/cm2 TCSA) = ———————— TCSA (cm2) The fruit, stone and kernel size were determined by observing the length and diameter and measured by digita l Vernier ca lliper. Ten mature fruits were selected randomly from each tree and pooled as per replication in all treatments for quality analysis. The Total Soluble Solids (TSS) of fruits was estimated by Hand Refractometer (0-32 range) and expressed in terms of 0Brix. To estimate TSS, fruit pulp was crushed in a pestle and mortar and then squeezed through a muslin cloth for extraction of juice. The titratable acidity expressed in terms of percentage of citric acid was recorded by titrating 2ml of juice a ga inst N/10 sodium hydr oxide using phenolphthalein indicator. For nutrient analysis, leaf samples were collected as per the treatments from the middle portion of bearing shoots of the plum tree (Singh et al. 2007). Fully developed 30 number of lea f sa mples were collected fr om the tree and processed for estimation of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium content. The leaf samples were kept in hot oven for drying at 60 °C for 48 hours (Bhargava and Raghupati, 1993). After drying the leaf samples ground to pass a 0.5 mm mesh and analysed for macro-nutrient content. Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium were estimated by the modified micro- Kjeldahl Vanado-molybdate (Jackson, 1967) and flame photometric methods, respectively. The data were analysed statistically (Steel and Torrie, 1986) for interpretation of results. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Data on canopy volume, fruit number, fruit weight, fruit yield and productivity efficiency as influenced by trunk cross sectional area of tree is given in Table 1. The canopy volume and fruit number increased with increase in the TCSA of tree and the parameters were positively correlated. Significantly maximum canopy volume (23.14m3) and fruit number (128/tree) were recorded when the TCSA was highest (161.26cm2) and minimum canopy volume (12.45m3) and fruit number (65/tr ee) were recor ded with minimum TCSA (110.45cm2). This might be due to more uptake of nutrients from root to aerial part of the plants. These results are inconformity with the findings of Dhaliwal and Dhillon (2003) while working on guava. Maximum fruit weight (58.85g) was recorded when the TCSA (123.45cm2) was medium. The improvement in fruit weight with medium trunk cross sectional area might be attributed to the reduction in number of fruits/tree and yield, which in tur n diverted more nutr ients for the 28 Kumar et al development of limited number of fruits on the tree. Significantly maximum fruit yield (59.47kg/tree) was recorded with 152.37cm2 TCSA closely followed by 57.91kg/tree with 161.26cm2 TCSA and 54.89 kg/tree with 146.82 cm2 TCSA, respectively which were super ior to other tr ea tments. T he productivity efficiency varied from 0.330 to 0.390 and maximum value 0.390 kg/cm2 was recorded with 152.37cm2 TCSA and lowest value 0.330kg-1cm2 was recorded with 110.45cm2 TCSA in plum variety Santa Rosa. Similar results were reported by Kumar et al., (2008) indicating that TCSA had significant and positive effect on fruit yield in guava and in Kinnow mandarin by Dalal and Brar (2012). The authors Westwood and Table 1. Effect of TCSA on growth and yield of plum cultivar Santa Rosa TCSA Canopy Volume Fruit Number Fruit weight Fruit Yield PE (cm2) (m3) (/tree) (g) (kg/ tree) (kg/cm2 TCSA) 110.45 12.45 65 56.12 36.47 0.330 118.23 14.37 71 57.45 40.78 0.345 123.45 15.95 79 58.85 46.49 0.376 131.67 16.35 86 55.48 47.71 0.362 139.25 18.45 98 55.12 54.02 0.388 146.82 20.19 105 52.28 54.89 0.374 152.37 21.25 120 49.56 59.47 0.390 161.26 23.14 128 45.24 57.91 0.359 SEm± 1.81 12.5 3.02 2.31 0.45 CD(P=0.05) 4.27 29.4 7.12 5.45 NS Roberts (1970) reported that cross-sectional area of trunk increases the fruit yield in apple. Fruit attributes A perusal of data on fruit size, L/W ratio, pulp weight, stone weight and pulp/stone ratio as influenced by differ ent tr unk cr oss sectiona l a r ea of plum (Table-2) indicated that the fruit size varied from 40.18 x 39.24mm to 47.45 x 44.12mm under different treatments. Maximum fruit size 47.45 x 44.12mm was registered when the TCSA was123.45cm2. T he length/width ratio (1.09) was higher with 110.45cm2 and 131.67cm2 TCSA. Maximum pulp weight (57.54g) was recorded with 123.45cm2 TCSA and J. Hortl. Sci. Vol. 14(1) : 26-32, 2019 Table 2. Effect of TCSA on fruit attributing characters of plum cultivar Santa Rosa TCSA Fruit size (mm) L/W Pulp weight Stone weight Pulp/stone (cm2) Length Width ratio (g) (g) ratio 110.45 46.45 42.35 1.09 54.12 1.32 41.00 118.23 47.11 43.93 1.07 56.15 1.30 43.19 123.45 47.45 44.12 1.07 57.54 1.31 43.92 131.67 45.23 41.24 1.09 54.08 1.40 38.62 139.25 44.05 41.08 1.07 53.71 1.41 38.09 146.82 42.15 41.15 1.02 50.90 1.38 36.88 152.37 41.89 40.02 1.05 48.22 1.34 35.98 161.26 40.18 39.24 1.02 43.89 1.35 32.51 SEm± 3.25 2.18 0.04 5.87 0.06 5.27 CD (P=0.05) NS NS NS NS NS NS 29 minimum stone weight (1.30g) was recorded with 118.23 cm2 TCSA. The highest pulp stone ratio (43.92) was recorded with 123.45cm2 TCSA followed by 43.19 with 118.23cm2 TCSA and 41.0 with 110.45cm2 TCSA in plum variety Santa Rosa. An improvement in fruit size due to lower trunk cross sectional area might be attributed to the reduction in fruits/tree and yield which in turn diverted more nutrients for limited number of fruits. Similar findings on fruit yield and quality in relation to crop load in apple were reported by Dhaliwal and Dhillon, 2003. Quality attributes The quality parameters viz, T SS, acidity, total sugar, reducing sugar and non-reducing sugars as influenced by different TCSA in plum is presented in Table-3. The Total soluble solids varied from 17.24 to 19.450Brix. Maximum TSS (19.450Brix) J. Hortl. Sci. Vol. 14(1) : 26-32, 2019 Correlation studies in plum Table 3. Effect of TCSA on fruit quality characters of plum cultivar Santa Rosa TCSA TSS Acidity Total Reducing Non reducing (cm2) (0B) (%) sugar (%) sugar (%) sugar (%) 110.45 17.24 0.52 12.58 10.12 2.46 118.23 17.51 0.54 12.95 10.42 2.53 123.45 18.21 0.48 13.05 10.98 2.07 131.67 18.45 0.59 13.12 11.04 2.08 139.25 18.58 0.53 13.16 11.13 2.03 146.82 19.12 0.50 13.25 11.15 2.10 152.37 19.24 0.49 13.85 11.35 2.50 161.26 19.45 0.47 13.98 11.46 2.52 SEm± 0.43 0.02 0.29 0.26 0.08 CD (P=0.05) 1.02 0.05 0.69 0.62 0.21 was recorded with 161.26cm2 TCSA. The total sugar and reducing sugar (13.98 and 11.46%) was maximum when the TCSA wa s highest 161.26 c m2. T he non r edu c ing s u ga r ( 2 . 5 3 % ) wa s maximum with 118.23cm2 TCSA in plum variety Santa Rosa. Similar results were also reported by Salvador et al., (2006) in apples and Kumar and Pandey (2010). Smaller fruit size had higher TSS probably because of lower cell volume and lower proportion of intercellular spaces. The fruit acidity decreased due to increase in the TCSA, maximum acidity was estimated with medium TCSA. Similar relationship was also established by Kumar et al., (2008) in guava a nd Kumar et al. , (2014) in apricot. Leaf nutrient attributes The leaf nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium content a s influenced by diff er ent T CS A in plum is presented in Table-4. Significantly maximum leaf nitrogen, phosphorus and potash content (2.38, 0.19 a nd 1. 95 % ) wer e est ima t ed when the T CS A (161. 26cm2) wa s highes t followed by 15 2. 37 c m2( 2 . 3 1 , 0 . 1 7 a nd 1 . 8 9 % ) a nd 1 4 6 . 8 2 c m2 (2.28,0.17 and 1.82%), respectively in plum variety Santa Rosa. Higher leaf nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium contents recorded with highest TCSA might be due to more uptake of macro-nutrient fr om root to a er ial part of the plants. Similar findings were reported by Dalal and Brar,(2012) in Kinnow. C o r r e l at i o n b e t w e e n T C S A w i t h y ie l d a nd quality characteristics Cor r ela tion coefficient a mong differ ent tr a its studied were estimated in all possible combinations f or gr owt h , yield a nd qu a lit y p a r a met er s (Table-5). A positive and significant correlation was observed between trunk cross sectional area and canopy volume (0.995), fruit number (0.992), 30 yield (0.968), pulp/stone ratio (0.903), TSS (0.977), total sugar (0.937), reducing sugar (0.920), leaf N (0.971), leaf P (0.977) and leaf K (0.997). Similarly positive correlation was observed between canopy volume a nd fr uit number (0. 990), fr uit yield (0.966), TSS (0.976), total sugar (0.841), reducing sugar (0.923), nitrogen (0.966), phosphorus (0.973) a nd pota ssium (0.993). The fruit number wa s positively cor r ela ted with yield (0. 957), T SS (0.961), total sugar (0.955), reducing sugar (0.900), leaf N(0.953), leaf P(0.966) and leaf K(0.991). Significant and positive correlation was noticed between fruit weight and fruit length (0.954), width (0.901), L/W ratio (0.759) and pulp/stone ratio ( 0. 09 4) . A p os it ive r ela t ionship wa s noticed between yield and TSS (0.974), total sugar (0.894), reducing sugar (0.956), leaf N(0.975), leaf P(0.925) a nd lea f K (0 . 9 74 ) . P os itive c or r ela tion wa s obser ved between fruit length a nd fruit width (0.930), L/W ratio (0.810) and pulp weight (0.948). Positive correlation between fruit width and pulp weight (0.948) a nd P/S ratio (0.980). Positive correlation was observed between L/W ratio and pulp weight (0.742), P/S ratio(0.680) and acidity. Similarly positive correlation between pulp weight and pulp/stone ratio (0.949) and total sugar (0.854). Positive correlation was noticed between pulp/ st one r a tio a nd lea f K (0. 888 ). Posit ive a nd Table 4. Effect of TCSA on leaf nutrient content of plum cultivar Santa Rosa TCSA Leaf nutrient content (cm2) N (%) P (%) K (%) 110.45 1.75 0.12 1.51 118.23 1.79 0.12 1.59 123.45 2.02 0.14 1.64 131.67 2.11 0.15 1.71 139.25 2.17 0.15 1.78 146.82 2.28 0.17 1.82 152.37 2.31 0.17 1.89 161.26 2.38 0.19 1.95 SEm± 0.12 0.01 0.08 CD (P=0.05) 0.29 0.03 0.21 significant correlation between TSS and total sugar (0.900), reducing sugar (0.963), leaf N(0.996),leaf P(0.979) and leaf K (0.978) was noticed. Similarly there was significantly positive correlation between tota l s uga r a nd r educing su ga r ( 0. 8 72 ), lea f N(0. 878), lea f P (0. 903) a nd lea f K (0. 942). Significant positive correlation between reducing sugar and leaf N(0.967), leaf P(0.917) and leaf K(0.935) was noticed. Significant correlation was observed between leaf N and leaf P(0.974) and lea f K(0. 973). Wher ea s, significa ntly negative cor r ela tion c oefficient wa s obs er ved between TCSA and fruit weight(-0.885) and pulp weight(- 0.865). Similarly negative correlation between fruit number and fruit weight(-0.908) and pulp weight(- 0.892) was noticed. Negative correlation between fruit yield and fruit size (-0.867 and -0.773).Similar r esults wer e r epor ted by Kumar et al., (2014) while working on apricot. It is concluded that trunk cross sectional area of tree is important and useful index for prediction of fruit yield and quality traits. It is evident from the results that the TCSA of tree had a pronounced effect on the canopy volume, fruit yield and quality of plum var iety Santa Rosa under North West Himalayan region of India. J. Hortl. Sci. Vol. 14(1) : 26-32, 2019 Kumar et al 31 Pa rt ic ul ar T C C V Fr ui t Fr ui t Y ie ld PE * Fr ui t Fr ui t L /W Pu lp St on e P/ S T SS A ci di ty To ta l R S N R S L ea f L ea f L ea f SA nu m be r w t le ng th w id th ra tio * w t w t ra tio * Su ga r N P K T C SA 1. 00 0. 99 5 0. 99 2 -0 .8 85 0. 96 5 0. 60 7 -0 .9 51 -0 .8 53 -0 .8 09 -0 .8 65 0. 44 8 0. 90 3 0. 97 7 -0 .4 41 0. 93 7 0. 92 0 0. 04 8 0. 97 1 0. 97 7 0. 99 7 C V 1. 00 0. 99 0 -0 .8 70 0. 96 6 0. 62 5 -0 .9 33 -0 .8 08 -0 .8 40 -0 .8 49 0. 38 7 -0 .8 68 0. 97 6 -0 .5 14 0. 94 1 0. 92 3 0. 05 1 0. 96 6 0. 97 3 0. 99 3 Fr ui t nu m be r 1. 00 -0 .9 08 0. 95 7 0. 59 5 -0 .9 53 -0 .8 64 -0 .7 93 -0 .8 92 0. 38 2 -0 .9 05 0. 96 1 -0 .4 96 0. 95 5 0. 90 0 0. 12 6 0. 95 3 0. 96 6 0. 99 1 Fr ui t w t 1. 00 -0 .7 54 -0 .2 15 0. 95 4 0. 90 1 0. 75 9 0. 99 8 -0 .2 23 0. 09 4 -0 .7 99 0. 47 7 -0 .8 76 -0 .6 69 -0 .4 22 -0 .7 83 -0 .8 79 -0 .8 65 Y ie ld 1. 00 0. 79 3 -0 .8 67 -0 .7 73 -0 .7 27 -0 .7 30 0. 49 4 -0 .7 99 0. 97 4 0. 42 3 0. 89 4 0. 95 6 -0 .1 06 0. 97 5 0. 92 5 0. 97 4 PE 1. 00 -0 .4 09 -0 .3 39 -0 .3 39 -0 .1 84 0. 47 2 0. 31 3 0. 69 6 -0 .2 52 0. 53 8 0. 78 8 -0 .4 82 0. 71 3 0. 54 8 0. 64 3 Fr ui t le ng th 1. 00 0. 93 0 0. 81 0 0. 94 8 -0 .4 34 0. 97 3 -0 .8 94 0. 42 8 -0 .8 56 -0 .7 67 -0 .1 88 -0 .8 89 -0 .9 35 -0 .9 33 Fr ui t w id th 1. 00 0. 54 4 0. 90 5 -0 .5 69 0. 98 0 -0 .7 91 0. 19 3 -0 .7 63 -0 .6 90 -0 .1 57 -0 .8 09 -0 .8 43 -0 .8 44 L/ W r at io 1. 00 0. 74 2 -0 .0 99 0. 68 0 -0 .7 80 0. 67 4 -0 .7 24 -0 .6 48 -0 .1 61 -0 .7 43 -0 .8 10 -0 .7 80 Pu lp w t 1. 00 -0 .2 18 0. 94 9 -0 .7 76 0. 47 4 0. 85 4 -0 .6 39 -0 .4 36 -0 .7 62 -0 .8 62 -0 .8 44 St on e w t 1. 00 -0 .5 14 0. 48 3 0. 39 3 0. 18 7 0. 50 5 -0 .6 22 0. 54 5 0. 44 2 0. 45 9 P/ S ra tio 1. 00 -0 .8 36 0. 28 8 -0 .8 10 -0 .7 23 -0 .1 84 -0 .8 44 -0 .8 99 0. 88 8 T SS 1. 00 -0 .4 30 0. 90 0 0. 96 3 -0 .1 09 0. 99 6 0. 97 9 0. 97 8 A ci di ty 1. 00 -0 .4 98 0. 35 9 -0 .2 81 -0 .3 98 -0 .4 67 -0 .4 22 To ta l Su ga r 1. 00 0. 87 2 0. 26 8 0. 87 8 0. 90 3 0. 94 2 R ed uc in g su ga r 1. 00 -0 .2 37 0. 96 7 0. 91 7 0. 93 5 N on r ed uc in g su ga r 1. 00 -0 .1 62 -0 .0 11 0. 02 9 Le af N 1. 00 0. 97 4 0. 97 3 Le af P 1. 00 0. 96 8 Le af K 1. 00 Ta bl e 5. 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