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Agriculture · Q592

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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 592

Q592

Pink fleshed variety of guava is

A.
Allahabad Surkha
B.
Arka Kiran
C.
Both A and B
Answer
D.
None of the above

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Pink fleshed variety of guava is Allahabad Surkha and Arka Kiran.
Allahabad Surkha:
It is a remarkable variety of enormous size with pink colour and has pulpy pink flesh. The plants produce up to 120 kg of organic products in the 6th year of fruiting. Trees are lively, dome-shaped, and compact. The organic product is sweet and unequivocally enhanced with a couple of seeds.
Arka Kiran:
It is a pink pulp variety with an average fruit weight of 200 - 220 g with medium soft seeds (9 kg/cm2). Fruits have a lycopene content of 7.14 mg/100 g. The crop will come to harvest after two years of planting. Economic yield starts after five years with an average fruit yield of 20 t/acre in a spacing of 4m × 3m.