GENETIC BIODIVERSITY OF WOOD-APPLE (FERONIA LIMONIA L.) IN BUNDELKHAND REGION OF UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA

Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh, India has a significant biodiversity of wood apples.The agro-climatic conditions of Bundelkhand have great potential for its commercial cultivation.Keeping these things in mind, 25 genotypes of wood apple fruit samples with shoots were gathered from various parts of Uttar Pradesh's Bundelkhand region and examined for a variety of physico-chemical characteristics.The study's findings showed a wide range of variability in biochemical etc. TSS (10.98 0 Brix to 18.27 0 Brix), acidity (2.32% to 6.31%), total sugar (1.57% to 2.41%), reducing sugar (0.87% to 1.3%), non-reducing sugar (0.70% to 1.28%), ascorbic acid (12.76 mg/100g to 35.92 mg/100g), protein (1.1% to 5.56%), pectin (0.64% to 2.12%), TSS & Acidity ratio (2.19 to 6.19).Thus, the genotypes FS/WA-3, FS/WA-4, FS/WA-5, FS/WA-6, FS/WA-8, FS/WA-10 and FS/WA-25 were tested as promising genotypes based on morphological quantitative and biochemical quality parameters.These genotypes show promise and can be suggested for commercial multiplication, field cultivation, and gene bank conservation for future analysis and agricultural development.