Horticulture

Pomology
Based on climatic
requirement
•Tropical fruits: this type of
climate receives high rainfall
and high humidity. The
temperature range 22 to 270 C.
• Mango, banana, papaya,
sapota, guava, pineapple,
jackfruit, Cashew, Coconut,,
Carambola, Carambola,
Mangosteen,
Temperate fruits:
Apple, pear, peach, plum, Strawberry, almond,
cherry, Kiwi, walnut and pecanut.
Subtropical fruits: Citrus, grapes, litchi,
loquat, fig, and passion fruit.
Arid and semi-arid fruits: Ber, aonla,
annonaceous fruits, pomegranate, date palm, fig,
bael, phalsa, jamun.
Which of the following is the example
of Tropical Fruit.

•Litchi
•Pomegranate
•Papaya
•Papaya
•Pear
Which of the following is the example of
Tropical Fruit.

•Litchi
•Pomegranate
•sapota
•sapota
•Pear
Which of the following is the example
of subtropical Fruit.

•Litchi
•Pomegranate
•Grape
•all
Which of the following is a example of
temperate fruit.

• Litchi
• Coconut
• Peach
• Guava
 MONOCOTS
Common Scientific
Family
name name
Bromeliaceae Pineapple Ananas
Botanical comosus
Classificatio Musaceae Banana Musa
n of Fruit paradisica
crops Arecaeae Date palm Phoenix
Coconut dactylifera
Cocos
nucifera
 dicot
Family Common Scientific name Chromosome no. Origin Fruit types
name 2n
Anacardiaceae Mango Mangifera Indica 40 South East Asia Drupe

cashew nut Anacardium 42 Brazil Nut

occydentle
Annonaceae Custard apple Annona 14 Bolivia Aggregate
squamosal berries
Apocynaceae Karonda Carissa carandas 22 - Berry

Caricaceae Papaya Carica papaya 18 Tropical America Berry

Euphorbiaceae Aonla Emblica 28 South East Asia Capsule (Drupe)

officinalis
Lauraceae Avocado Persea 24 Central America Berry
Americana
Malhighiacae Barbados Malphigia 40 Trinidad and Drupe
cherry punicifolia Tobago
 Moraceae Jack fruit Artocarpus 56 India Sorosis
heterophylla

Monkey Jack Artocarpus 56 Wetern Ghats Sorosis

lakoocha
Fig Ficus carica 26 - Syconus
Mulberry Morus alba 308 - Sorosis
Myrtaceae Guava Psidium 22 Tropical Berry
guajava America
Jamun Syzygium 40 India Drupe
cuminii
Oxalidaceae Carambola Averrhoa 24 Srilanka Capsule
carambola

Punicaeae Pomegranate Punica 18 Iran (Persia) Balausta

granatum
Rhamnaceae Indian jujube Ziziphus - India Drupe
maurititiana

Rosaceae Almond Prunus amygdalus 16 Central Asia Drupe

Apple Malus × 34 South Wetern Asia Pome

domestica
Apricot Prunus armeniaca 16 North Eastern Drupe
China

Loquat Eriobotrya 34 Central Eastern Pome

japonica China

Peach Prunus persica 16 China Drupe

Pear Pyrus communis 34 Western China Pome

Plum Prunus domestica 32 China Drupe

Strawberry Fragraia annonosa 56 (8X) France Etaerio of

drupes/ achenes
 Bael Aegle 18 India Amphisarica
Rutaceae marmelos
Mandarin Citrus reticulate 18 South Eastern Hesperidium
Asia
Sweet orange Citrus sinensis 18 Indo-China Hesperidium

Acid lime Citrus 18 Iran (Persia) Hesperidium

aurantifolia
Grape fruit Citrus paradise 18 West Indies Hesperidium

Wood apple Feronia limonia 18 India Amphisarica

Lemon Citrus limon 18 South East Asia Hesperidium

Vitaceae Grapes Vitis vinifera 38 South East Asia Berry

and Central
Europe
 Tiliaceae Phalsa Grewia 36 India Drupe
subinequalis

Sapindaceae Litchi Litchi 30 South China -

chinensis

Sapotaceae Sapota Achras 26 South Berry

zapota Mexico

Juglandaceae Walnut Juglans 32 Central Asia Nut

regia

Peacan nut Carya 32 North Nut

illinoensis America
What is the chromosome number in
mango is:

• 34
• 28
• 40
• 40
• 10
What is the family of Strawberry

• Oleaceae
• Proteaceae
• Rosaceae
• Rosaceae
• Punicaceae
Which of the following is example of
monocot ?

• Mango
• Coconut
• Papaya
• Litchi
Origin place of pine apple is ?

• North America
• Brazil
• Tropical America
• India
Family of karonda is?

• Caricaceae
• Jugalndaceae
• Apocyanaceae
• Ebenaceae
Which of the following is not a
berry?

• Banana
• Papaya
• Karonda
• Litchi
Based on ripening behaviour
Climacteric: Fruits experiencing sudden
upsurge in rate of respiration at the time of
ripening, e.g: Mango, Guava, Papaya,
Jackfruit, Fig, Sapota, Passion fruit,
Banana, Apple, Tomato,Apricot, KiwiFruit,
Blackberry, Annona, Muskmelon Plum and
Non-climacteric: Fruits experiencing
simple gradual decline in rate of respiration
at the time of ripening, e.g: Litchi, Lemon,
Lime, Oranges, Grape, Pomegranate,
Pineapple, Watermelon, citrus, Cashew,
Strawberry, Cherry, Jamun, Ber
Which of the following is correct
statement :-

• Mango is a Climatic Fruit

• Litchi is a Non-Climatric fruit.
• Strawberry is a temmprate fruit.
• All
Which of the following is not correct
statement :-

• Mango is a Climatic Fruit

• Litchi is a Non-Climatric fruit.
• Strawberry is a temmprate fruit.
• Water melon
• Water is climactric
melon fruit
is climactric fruit
• Muskmelon is a climactric fruit
GROWTH PATTERN
• SINGLE SIGMOID CURVE-
MANGO APPLE DATE PALM
,APPLE ,PEAR, SWEET ORANGE
,LEMON
• DOUBLE SIGMOID-STONE
FRUIT,PEACH,
PLUM,CHERRY,APRICOT,GRAPE
FIG, OLIVE , PINEAPPLE
• TRIPLE SIGMOID FRUIT –KIWI
FRUIT
Based on Short day plants
(Light period of 12
photoperiodic hrs. or less):
requirement Strawberries,
Pineapple, Coffee

Day neutral
plants: Banana,
Papaya &
Guava

Long day plants

(Light period of 12
hrs. or more):
Apple, PassionFruit
BASED ON PARTS USED
Citrus Juicy placental hairs
Banana Mesocarp and endocarp
Coconut Endosperm
Guava Thalamus and pericarp
Mango Mesocarp
Litchi Aril
Pomegranate Juicy covering of seed
Almond Seed
Apple Thalamus
Acid present in fruit
crops
Citric Acid: 1. Berries, 2. Citrus,
3. Guava, 4., 5. Pineapple
Mallic acid: 1. Apple, 2. Banana,
3. Cherry, 4. Plum, 5. Melon
Alternate bearing habit:
 Mango,
 Olive,
 Apple,
 persimmon,
 European plum,
 Pecanut,
 Date palm
 Heterostyly:
Litchi, Cashew, Walnut, Sapota,
Pomegranate
AROMA :
 Apple ripe - ETHYL-2 METHYLBUTYRATE
 Apple green – HEXANAL 2 –HEXAENAL
 Banana green -2 HEXAENAL
 Banana ripe - EUGENOL
 Banana over ripe –ISOPENTANOL
 Grapefruit - NOOTAKATOME
 Lemon - CITRAL
 Orange –VALENCENE