Horticulture Essentials: Rahul’s Quick Guide for Master’s Prep

Few key points to remember

  • Hormone used for berry elongation and thinning is
  • Diploid variety of Apple is self-fertile.
  • Papaya variety resistant to mosaic/ leaf curl is Carica cauliflora.
  • Ratio of pollinizer and main crop in apple orchard should be 9:1.
  • Apple variety resistant to bitter pit is  Northern Spy.
  • Northern spy is also resistant to wooly aphid.
  • Kinetin (Synthetic cytokinin) is more useful in hulling of walnut.
  • L-49 is a popular variety of
  • 1600 plants of Amrapali Mango can be cultivated in 1 ha.
  • Most Cold hardy root stock is trifoliate orange.
  • Solo is a variety of Papaya  and M-9 is dwarf root stock of apple.
  • Bitterness in peach is due to prunasin acid.
  • Almond (have high fat %) belongs to Rosaceae family.
  • Walnut belongs to Juglandaceae
  • Leaf scorching in Mango is due to Chloride toxicity.
  • Colt is a root stock of
  • Phalsa belongs to Tiliaceae family.
  • Jackfruit belongs to Moraceae family.
  • Richest source of fat is
  • Most suitable intercrop for citrus is
  • Thompson seedless is a variety of
  • Double working is commonly practices in (Has double sigmoid curve).
  • Control of Mango Malformation can be done by spraying
  • Rome beauty, Chaubatia princess and Chaubatia Anupam are the varieties of Apple.
  • Botanically strawberry is an Aggregate fruit.
  • Mature fruit of litchi is Aril.
  • Mauritius is variety of pineapple and can be propagated by slip.
  • Only citrus that contain maleic acid is sweet orange.
  • Greening of citrus is due to MLOS
  • Basic Chromosome number of Mango is 10.
  • Fruit necrosis in Amala is due to Boron deficiency.
  • Avocado belongs to lauraceae family.
  • Jonathan is a variety of Apple.
  • Cider is prepared from Apple.
  • Recommended quantity of leafy vegetable : 115 gm
  • Late variety of cabbage : Pusa drum head
  • “September” is a variety of cabbage
  • Process of bringing a wild species under human management is domestication.
  • Highest producer of fruit : India and Vegetable is China
  • 3 G cutting is done to induce female flowering in cucurbits
  • King of fruit : Baer
  • Spongy tissue: Alfonso (Mango variety)
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