Planted at 3 x 6m (555 plants/hectare) provides cent per cent higher planting density over 6 x 6m spacing (277 plants/hectare)
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Higher fruit yield (159.4/tree) in 3 x 3m planting system over 6 x 6m (124kg/tree) was observed in 8 year old trees
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Recommended planting density under conventional system is 277 plants per hectare (6 x 6m)
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Bearing habit is on current season’s growth; responds well to training and pruning ; canopy engineering is feasible
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HDP together with canopy management provided 47.1 tonnes per hectare yield, 65.2 per cent increase over the recommended spacing
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Allahabad Safeda and Lalit perform well under HDP
