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Akbar hassan
Aman amin tejani
Abdul wahid
Aisha khan
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Citrus are one of the world's favorite fruits for food, juice, flavor, fragrance, and color.
Citrus are sweet, with a unique taste that varies with variety.
Pakistan the largest producer of Kinnow Contributes 95 percent in world Kinnow
production (Mahmood and Sheikh, 2006)
Kinnow export: 122760 tonnes Rs. 1985.3 million (Anonymous,2006-07)
Leading exportable fruit Commodity to Russian States Iran Gulf States Stiff competition:
High quality standards
Climate • Commercially produces at 1500-2500 feet above sea
Subtropical fruit • Most appropriate for regions having no rainfall during fruit maturity
• Temperature 27-35°C • Withstand small period of cold weather however long spell of
cold weather affects its fruit yield and quality • Mandarin need
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Citrus cultivars are grown in varying quantities in countries with tropical or sub
tropical climate. Citrus stands first in area and production among the worlds tree
fruits. In Pakistan also, citrus fruits are the most important fruit crops grown on
the area of 160,000 hectares with production of 1.5 MMT annually. Citrus fruit is
grown in all four provinces of Pakistan but Punjab produces over 95% of the crop
because of its greater population, favorable growing conditions and adequate water.
Citrus is divided into different groups Sweet oranges, Mandarine, Grape fruit,
Lemon and Lime which are being grown commercially.
TYPES CITRUS
Varieties:
Following are the main commercial varieties:
Sweet Orange: Succri,. Mausami,
Washington Navel, Jaffa, Red Blood, Ruby Red and
Valencia Late.
. Mandarines:Feutrells Early and Kinnow
Grape Fruit:Mash Seedless, Duncan, Foster and Shamber
Lemon:Eureka, Lisbon Lemon and rough Lemon
Lime:Kaghzi Lime and Sweet Lime
Major Citrus Growing Areas in Pakistan