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1. HOR 455-COMMERCIAL NURSERY PRODUCTION OF
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES(0+10)
SAPOTA CULTIVATION PROJECT REPORT
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PRESENTED BY
B.CHARULATHA

2. INTRODUCTION
• Manilkara zapota is an evergreen tree native to Southern Mexico,Central America
and Carribean
• Commonly referred to sapodilla in many countries
• It is long lived trees that survive only in warm,tropical conditions
• In India,the fruit or the tree is commonly called chikoo or sapota
• This fruit is cultivated widely in Gujarat,TamilNadu,Andhra Pradesh and
Maharashtra
• The cultivation in India is mainly due to the production of fruits which is famous
for its flavour

3. SAPOTA PLANT AND ITS PROPERTIES
• Sapota plant is upright in structure and is considered to be a slow growing tree
• It is an attractive tree and has extensive rooting system
• The tree develops into a dense,rounded and crown like canopy as it ages
• Sapota tree is famous for its rich white gummy latex called the chuckle
• The sapota fruit is round or egg like shaped
• The skin of the fruit is brown in colour and scruffy upon ripening

4. VARIETIES OF SAPOTA CULTIVARS
• KALIPATTI
 Cultivated in Maharashtra,Gujarat and North Karnataka
Broad,thick leaves and oblong fruits
350-400 fruits per tree
 CRICKET BALL
Grown in states of TamilNadu,Karnataka
Large in size,round and sweet and with granular pulp

5. • CO 1
Grown in Tamil Nadu
Hybrid variety grown out of cricket ball and oval
Starts bearing in 4 years
 CO 2
Grown in TamilNadu,Medium sized tree with oblong fruits
It has TSS 23%

6. • PKM 1
Grown in TamilNadu
Fruit famous for table purpose
Fruits are medium sized and rich in sugars
 PILIPATTI
Grown in Maharashtra and Gujarat
The weight of the fruit is 400-500g

7. OBJECTIVES
• Multiplication of elite clones and promising varieties of mango,aonla and litchi
• Solarization of rooting media,mixing and filling of poly bags for large scale
production
• Visit of representatives from State departments of Horticulture.State Agricultural
Universities and people from Indian Nursery
• Supply of seedling/planting material to State Horticultural Mission and Food
Processing Department s per demand on priority basis

8. ESTABLISHMENT OF MOTHER BLOCK
• Wile selecting mother plants following basic chracteristics have
been considered
Consistently high performance and yield over several years with
high quality fruits
Healthy and free from incidence of diseases and insect pests
Plants attained full bearing age,since its characteristics known only
after bearing

9. MAINTENANCE OF MOTHER PLANTS
• A layout at the crops will be maintained
• The maintenance of mother plants right from time of planting to
stage of bearing and subsequent years will be alone
• Agro techniques will be followed,so that vigoroys and healthy scion
shoots are made available for multiplication

10. LAND PREPARATION AND PLANTING
• The land should be ploughed to depth of 20-45cm and properly levelled before
planting
• Initially a distance of 6*6 is maintained between the plants because the plants
take longer time to grow
• Planting is done from June to October.
• Sapota grafts are used for planting
• Normal plant spacing-8.5 to 10 m but by following HDP,the spacing reduced to
5*5 m,in this way productivity increases

11. PROPOGATION AND IRRIGATION
• Propagation by layering and approach grafting
• Availablity of good quality assured irrigation sources is an important
pre-requisite for setting up an commercial nursery production unit
• The source of water will be a well with suitable devices

12. MANGO
• Tropical floweing tree cultivated for its fruits
• Native to South Asia
• The states UP and AP has the largest area under mango cultivation
• Mango is propogated by grafting and also by seeds
• Popular varieties are Alphonsa,Banganapalli,Arka Anmol,Mallika etc.,
• Grown in area with cool,dry climates with severe heat during flowering and
fruiting

13. GUAVA
• Small tree native to tropical and sub tropical regions of world
• Sardar,Smooth green and Arka mridula are some of the varieties
• It is propogated either by seeds or by vegetative methods with air layering
• HDP is adopted in guava to grow more plants per unit of land
• Spacing:3*1.5m

14. COST OF ESTABLISHMEMT AND MAINTENANCE
PARTICULARS UNIT/
COST
YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR 5 TOTAL
Cost of seeds for
Root stock
@300rs/1000
300 9000 16000 20000 20000 47000
Cost of pot
mixture for
rootstock in poly
bags/pot
5 30000 80000 100000 100000 310000
INFRASTRUCTURE
POLY HOUSE 930 100000 100000
MIST CHAMBER 550 100000 100000
SHADE NET HOUSE 710 100000 100000
WATER STORAGE
TANK(1000ML)
- 73000 73000
STORE ROOM TANK
10000L CAPACITY
5000 100000 100000

15. PARTICULARS UNIT/
RATE
COST
YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR 5 TOTAL
FENCING(8000
SQ M AREA/450M APP)
75 31750 31750
TOTAL 418250
NURSERY FOR ROOT
STOCK
LABOUR FOR
PREPARATION OF 50
BEDS
5 5 5 5 20
SOWING 10 15 20 45
FILLING OF POLY BAGS 12 22 35 35 104
UPROOTING OF ROOT
STOCKS
200 60 110 190 190 550
GRAFTING(100
GRAFTS/LAYERS)
100 120 230 380 380 1110
MAINTENANCE 10 15 20 20 65
MISCELLANEOUS
PLANT PROTECTION
10 15 20 25 25 95

16. PARTICULARS UNIT/C
OST
YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR 5 TOTAL
TOTAL LABOUR
REQUIREMENT
135 225 412 670 675 2114
LABOUR COST 200 27000 44400 82400 134000 135000 422800
NO OF SCIONS/PLANT 8 15 25 25 25
TOTAL SCIONS FROM
100 PLANTS
240 1920 3600 6000 6000 6000
ROOT STOCKS REQ. BY
PLANTS TO BE
SOWN(50%
GERMINATION)
1920
30000
3600
56250
6000
93750
6000
93750
6000
93750
NO. OF PLANTS
GRAFTED/SUCCESS RATE
80%
1920 3600 6000 6000 6000
AVAILABLE GRAFTS 1536 2880 4800 4800 4800
PRICE PER GRAFTS 70 70 70 80 80

17. COST OF MOTHER BLOCK ESTABLISHMENT
• Area=6000sq.m
• No of mother plants=1500 plants
• From this,30000 suitable grafts/year are planted from 4th year of operation
• To produce about 30000 grafts/planting material,an area of about 2 acres with
irrigation facilities is required

18. AREA REQUIREMENT
ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF
MOTHER PLANTS
TOTAL AREA(sq.m)
NO OF PLANTS
SPACING
2400
25sq m
6000
ROOT STOCK
NURSERY
GERMINATION 50%
NO OF ROOT
STOCKS REQUIRED
FROM 4th YEAR
93750 700
SPACING FOR ROOT
STOCK NURSERY
15*10 cm
POLY HOUSE
MIST CHAMBER
200
20
SHADE NET AREA
FOR HARDENING
500

19. COST OF MOTHER BLOCK ESTABLISHMENT
MATERIAL AND LABOUR INVESTMENT-YEAR 1 INVESTMENT-YEAR 5
PLANTING MATERIAL
FYM
3900
15000
-
25000
FERTILIZERS
3L OF PLANT PROTECTION
CHEMICALS
10000
2000
15000
5000
HUMAN LABOUR
DRIP IRRIGATION
60000
75000
15000
5000
FENCING
MULCHING
25000
20000
3000
3000
HARVESTING
OTHER MISCELLANEOUS
- 15000
15000
TOTAL 220900 101000

20. INCOME YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR 5 YEAR 6 YEAR 7-
15
NO OF
PLANTS
GRAFTED
0 1920 3600 6000 6000 6000 6000
SUCCESS
RATE
0 807 80% 80% 80% 80% 80%
SUITABLE
GRAFTS
0 0 1536 2880 4800 4800 4800
SALES
PRICE
PER
GRAFT
INCOME
FROM
SALES
0
0
0
0
80
122880
80
230400
90
1296000
90
1296000
90
1296000

21. REFERENCES
• https://agrifarming.in
• https://agritech.tnau.ac.in
• http://odihort.nic.in
• https://www.nabard.org