The document describes the production technology and botanical details of pomegranates, including their origin, soil and climate requirements, and average yields. It outlines various pomegranate varieties, their characteristics, and propagation methods, emphasizing vegetative propagation through hardwood cuttings and planting techniques. The nutritional composition and industrial uses of pomegranate juice are also highlighted.

1. Production technology
of pomegranates

2. Botanical description
• Botanical name- Punica granatum
• Chromosome number-
• Family- Lythraceae
• Origin- Iran
• Edible part-
• Type of fruit-

3. Importance and uses
Moisture 78℅
Protein 1.6℅
Carbohydrate
14.5℅
Calcium 10mg
100gm
Phosphorous
70mg
100gm
Iron 0.3mg
• Fruit juice easily ferments and
may be used for the products.
• It is also employed in the
therapeutics in dysentry and
diarrhoea.
• Pomegranate seed contains oil
which has a potential for
industrial use.

4. Soil and climate required
Soil
• Deep loamy or alluvial soil
are ideal.
• Can also be grown in
medium and black soil.
• Can tolerate soil which are
loamy and slightly alkaline.
Climate
• Optimum temperature for
fruit development is 38°C.
• Sub tropical fruit.
• Two years old shoots of
hardy cultivar are not
damage even at 2°C.When
temperature falls below -
14°C, visible damage due to
frost occurs.

5. Species
P.protopunica
• Wild in

6. Choice of varieties
• Ganesh- seedling selection, improved variety known as
GBG No.1.
• Alandi- Medium size fruit, seeds very hard, blood red or
deep pink with sweet slightly acidic juice.
• Dholka- Large in size, seeds soft, juice is acidic.Important
variety of gujrat.
• Kandhari- Large fruit, slightly acidic juice, seeds are hard.
Yield 10-13 tonnes fruit per hectare.
• Muskat- Variety largely grown. Seeds are rosy in colour,
fruit tasty.

7. Cont'd
• Nabha- Tree is medium in growth, juice 65℅, seeds are medium
soft, taste good.
• Jalore seedless- Soft seeded variety of Rajasthan. Avg weight is
200 gm. Arils are pink to red having soft seeds.
• Mridula- Soft seeded hybrid with excellent fruit quality. TSS- 17.8℅
and acidity is 0.47℅.
• Bassein seedless- Soft seeded red colured variety, avg weight-
327gm, TSS 15.6 ℅, acidity-0.49℅.
• Jyoti- Variety with soft seeds and pink aril has been released from
university of agri science, avg fruit weight is 219gm, TSS-15.0℅ and
acidity- 0.58℅.

9. Propagation
• Through seed highly variation occurs.
• That‘s why vegetatively is done.
• Commercially done by hardwood cutting of 8-10 cm long.
• December- January is the best time of making cutting,when
the shed there leaves because it is a decidious tree.
• For Rooting- 100 ppm conc.of IBA for 24 hrs. (Prolonged
soaking method).
• Quick dip method followed where conc. is high.
• Air layering is also follows.

10. Planting operation
• Layout system- square and hexagonal
• Pit size- 60 cm3
• Planting distance- 6×6 m, for deeper soil- 5×5 m.
• Ganesh cultivar- 3×3 or 4×4m.
• Planting time- In Northern India- january to mid february.
In Southern India- Monsoon season.