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Jackfruit

Crop Category

Fruits

Applicable Product

Description

The Jackfruit tree is well-suited to tropical lowlands and its fruit is the largest tree-borne fruit.

It is native to South West Asia.

Major Jackfruit producing countries are Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam, China, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Sri Lanka.

Major Jackfruit Producing states in India are Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa and Assam.

Taxonomic Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Urticales
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Artocarpus
Species: heterophyllus

Economically Important Part

Fruits are the most economically important part of Jackfruit.

Conditions for Cultivation

Jackfruit is adapted only to humid tropical and near-tropical climates.

It is sensitive to frost in its early life and cannot tolerate drought.

Jackfruit performs well in humid regions up to an elevation of 1000m.

Sandy loam, deep and well drained soil are best suited for Jackfruit cultivation.

Optimum pH between 6 to 6.4 is ideal for Jackfruit cultivation.

It does not tolerate calcareous soil or water stagnant soils.

Major Challenges

Biotic Causes:
- Major Pests: Shoot Borer, Bark Eating Caterpillars, Brown Weevil, Aphids and Jack Scale.
- Major Diseases: Die-back, Fruit Rot, Leaf Spot, Charcoal Rot and Collar Rot.
Abiotic Causes:
- Chilling injury

Crop Schedule

Crop Stage	Products	Dosage	Method Of Application	Benefits
Inorganic Fertilizer	Geoxol.COM	50-100 g / plant	Soil Application	Rejuvenates soil for sustainable growth of crops
Organic fertilizer after stress	Mycoxol4G	10 g per liter of water	Soil Drenching	Reduces incidence of soil borne diseases, improves availability of phosphorous and other micronutrients
Deficiency of Zinc	Nutrin Zn	650 g / hectare / application, if soil Zn (less than 0.6ppm),repeat application is recommended based on deficiency	Foliar Application	Corrects Zinc deficiency
Deficiency of Iron	Nutrin Fe	650 g / hectare / application, if soil Fe (less than 4.5 ppm),repeat application is recommended based on deficiency	Foliar Application	Corrects Iron deficiency
Bud break	Nutrifight	2 g per liter of water	Foliar Application	Reduces incidence of diseases
Vegetative sprouting	Silixol	2 ml per liter of water	Foliar Application	Triggers metabolic activities
Pre flowering	CalSi-B++	1 g per liter of water	Foliar Application	Optimizes nutrient requirement
Fruit Setting	Silixol	2 ml per liter of water	Foliar Application	Reduces physiological fruit dropping
Fruit Development 2	CalSi-B++	1 g per liter of water	Foliar Application	Facilitates fruit development
Fruit Development 2	Nutrifight	2 g per liter of water	Foliar Application	Reduces incidence of diseases
Fruit Development 2	Nutrin Combo	1-2 ml per liter of water	Foliar Application	Optimizes nutrient requirement
Fruit Development 2	CalSi-B++	1 g per liter of water	Foliar Application	Facilitates fruit development
Fruit Ripening	Silixol	2 ml per liter of water	Foliar Application	Improves quality and quantity of produce
Pruning (after harvest)	Nutrifight	2 g per liter of water	Foliar Application	Reduces incidence of diseases

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