Evaluation of Sapota Cultivars for Growth Characters

An investigation was carried out at the Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University during 2014-2015 to evaluate the performance of eight sapota cultivars, viz., PKM 1, Virudhunagar, Kirthibarthi Round, Cricket Ball, CO 2, Pala, Oval and Kirthibarthi Oval was studied in two seasons viz., February to April (peak season I) and July to September (peak season II). The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) in three replications. The per se performance of the cultivar Cricket ball excelled the other cultivars upon evaluating for growth characters like tree height, tree circumference, shoot length, shoot girth, number of leaves per shoot, leaf length and leaf breadth followed by CO 2 and Virudhunagar.