EVALUATION OF PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF FRUITS OF DIFFERENT CULTIVARS OF AONLA

The physico-chemical features of fresh fruit from Aonla cultivars Kanchan, Chakaiya, Banarasi, Amrit, Neelam, and NA-10 were assessed. The cultivar Banarasi has the largest fruit weight (36.23 g), followed by NA-10 (31.54 g), and the cultivar Kanchan has the smallest fruit weight (10.17 g). The cultivar Banarasi had the highest pulp weight (33.58 g), followed by NA-10 and Amrit with values of 29.57 g and 26.73 g, respectively. The Banarasi cultivar had the highest average values for stone weight, length, and width, with values of 2.65 g, 1.66 cm, and 1.49 cm, respectively. Amrit has the most seeds per stone (6 seeds/stone), whereas Neelam has the least (4.1 seeds/stone). The pulp to stone ratio of NA-10 is the highest, followed by Amrit. The pulp-to-stone ratio in Kanchan is the lowest. Kanchan, Amrit, Neelam, and NA-10 had white brown stones, whereas Chakaiya and Banarasi had brown stones. The cultivar NA-10 had the highest pulp content (93.69 percent), followed by Amrit (93.03 percent), while cultivar Kanchan had the lowest (88.07 percent ). Kanchan, on the other hand, has the highest specific gravity (1.10 g/c3), followed by NA-10 (1.08 g/c3). Our findings revealed that the fruit weight, length and width, fruit colour, stone length and width, stone weight, and number of seeds per stone varied significantly across Emblica officinalis cultivars in the study area.

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