STUDIES ON BIO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME SAPOTA VARIETIES IN GANGETIC ALLUVIAL ZONE OF WEST BENGAL, INDIASanjukta Banik and Sayan PanAbstract The present study was undertaken, during 2017-2018, for the purpose of evaluation of six sapota varieties,namely, Cricket Ball, CO-1, CO-2, PKM-1, PKM-2 and PKM-3, with special reference to bio-chemicalparameters of optimally matured fruits, at Gangetic Alluvial zone of West Bengal. The variations in geneconfiguration evolved significant differences with respect various bio-chemical attributes of sapota. Amongthe six genotypes of sapota studied in the present experiment, CO-3 proved to be the best withrespect toTSS, total, reducing and non-reducing sugar, titratable acidity, ascorbic acid and total phenol contents ofsapota fruit. CO-2 and PKM-3 also resulted in a preferred manner with respect to the contents of the same.So, the varieties namely, CO-3, CO-2 and PKM-3 may prove to be very much useful as parental materials,from fruit bio-chemical point of views, during future breeding programme related to improvement of qualityof sapota. |