P.S. Joshi’s scientific contributions

Flowering, fruit set percentage, yield characters of different sweet orange varieties are compared at All India Coordinated Research Project on Tropical Fruits (Citrus), Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola (Maharashtra). The present investigation was carried out in Ambebahar season. First flowering was observed on trees of Hamlin and Last flowering observed on Valencia late variety. Maximum days required for flowering to fruit set was in Valencia late (32.72 day), minimum duration (24.18 days) for fruit set was in Hamlin. More number of flowers per meter shoot (138.83) and fruit set percentage (37.58%), maximum yield (32.75 kg/plant) recorded in variety Valencia late, less number of flowers (95.50) and fruit set (19.60%) minimum yield (10.12 kg/plant) recorded in variety Pera.