deliciosa Tenora) trees often produce inferior quality fruit with less juice and more rind and rag contents. The influence of plant growth regulators (PGRs) on fruit quality of mature citrus trees is well documented.
Irrespective of shelf duration the fruit harvested from young trees treated with 10 mg L-1 GA3, 30 mg L-1 BA and kinetin at FS showed significantly higher juice contents (50.53%, 49.8% and 51.64%) and lower rag contents (26.5, 26.6 and 25.83%), respectively in comparison with control.
Currently exporters are reluctant to take fruit from young (less than eight years old) orchards due to quality concerns in terms of low juice and high rind and rag contents (Malik personal communications).