Most Informative Book (Series) on Biodiversity of Various Horticultural crops (Including, Fruits, Vegetables, Flower crops and Plantation), for Students, Scientists and Researchers

2. Contents
Dedication v
Foreword vii
Preface ix
List of Contributors xiii
Introduction xvii
Preamble 1: About the Biological Diversity Act -2002 and
National Biodiversity Authority-2003 xxi
Preamble 2: Delhi Declaration on Agrobiodiversity Management xxv
1. Convention on Biological Diversity vis-à-vis Biological Diversity
Act of India 1
N. Sivaraj, S.R. Pandravada and V. Kamala
2. Assessment on Endemism and Biodiversity among
34 Hotspots of the World 49
Aaparna Banerjee and Rajib Bandopadhyay
3. Underutilized Fruits of Hot Arid Region 75
R.S. Singh, A.K. Singh, Sanjay Singh and Vikas Yadav
4. Acid Lime 93
Mahantesh Kamatyanatti and Murlimanohar Baghel
5. Banana in Tripura 125
Sukhen Chandra Das and K.S. Thingreingam Irenaeus

3. xii
6. Pear 157
Amit Kumar, Tawseef Rehman Baba, Manohar Lal and Nirmal Sharma
7. Cluster Bean 175
Vikas Kumar, R.B. Ram and Chhatarpal Singh
8. Kale 201
Chander Parkash, S.S. Dey and Vijay Bhardwaj
9. Onion 211
M.A. Vaddoria and Ganesh Kulkarni
10. Ridge Gourd 227
D.K. Singh and M. Sarkar
11. Large Cardamom 245
S. Sreekrishna Bhat
12. Cocoa 267
S. Prasannakumari Amma, V.K. Mallika, E.K. Lalitha Bai
and J.S. Minimol
13. African Oil Palm 297
P. Murugesan and G.M. Aswathy
14. Biodiversity and Genomics of Oil Palm 319
B.K. Babu and R.K. Mathur
Previous Volumes–Contents 337
Index 345

4. Chapter 4
Acid Lime
Mahantesh Kamatyanatti1
and Murlimanohar Baghel2
1
Department of Horticulture (Fruit Science),
CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar – 125 004, Haryana,
E-mail: mahanteshkk23@gmail.com
2
Division of Fruits and Horticultural Technology,
IARI, New Delhi – 110 012
The citrus (Citrus species) is the 3rd
major fruit crops of India next to mango and
banana, which comprised of mandarin, lime, lemon, grapefruit, pummelo, citron etc.
It also includes Poncirus, Fortunella as well as interspecific and intergeneric hybrids.
Among diverse groups, mandarins are the leading cultivated and commercial citrus
fruit in India with 43 per cent share, followed by sweet orange (25 per cent share),
acid lime and lemons with 25 per cent and others with 7 per cent share (Murkute
and Singh, 2015).There are four species of lime which have commercial value viz.,
Acid lime (Citrus aurantifolia), Tahiti lime (C. latifolia), Sweet lime (C. limettioides)
and Rangpur lime (C. limonia). The fruits of Citrus aurantifolia Swingle are small
and seeded, which is commercially important in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
besides Mexico (Chadha, 2009). Acid lime fruits are highly acidic with titratable
acidity up to 8 per cent and juice content 50-55 per cent. It is mostly used fresh
for garnishing salads, curries and vegetable preparations in south Asian and SE
Asian countries. Processed products like cordials and squash are very common as
refreshing drinks in summer. Pickle is another very widely produced household
product from acid lime in India. Beverages such as ready-to-serve (RTS) drinks
and carbonated beverages from lime and lemon juice are becoming very common
in hot and dry climates of Indian sub-continent (Chadha, 2009).Citrus aurantifolia
(Christm) Swingleis a polyembryonic plant cultivated in many countries all over
the world and grows in hot subtropical or tropical regions such as Southern Florida,
India, Mexico, Egypt, and the West Indies (Enejoh et al., 2015).
Among the citrus group, acid lime ranks 4th
in area and production in India.
The total area under citrus fruit, including, lime, lemon, sweet orange, mandarin,