Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

VARIABILITY STATUS IN SOME FL HYBRIDS FOR CASHEW APPLE AND CASHEW NUT CHARACTERS

K.D. Ghatge, V.N. Kore and V.W. Bendale

Abstract

Thirty Fl hybrids of cashew were studied for the variability in cashew apples and cashew nuts. Studies revealed considerable variability among these hybrids for these characters. The hybrids, H-1141 had highest weight of apple (72.72 g) and H-824 showed maximum apple to nut ratio (7.82). The cashew nut characters indicated the highest nut weight of 9.93 g and highest shelling percentage of 32.65% in H-815.