Effect of cane pruning on Thompson seedless and Sharad seedless varieties of grape under Buldana district.

S.S. BHOSALE Department of Horticulture, Ratnai College of Agriculture, Akluj, Malshiras, SOLAPUR (M.S.) INDIA ABSTRACT Bud burst was maximum at terminal and first lateral bud position regardless of pruning severity levels and these buds were mostly fruitful. In Thompson seedless 7 leaf (P 3 ) cane pruning treatment gave maximum bunches and higher yield, whereas in Sharad seedless 6 leaf (P 2 ) cane pruning treatment gave maximum bunches (32 bunches in Thompson seedless and 36.20 bunches per vine in Sharad seedless) and high yield (8.4 kg in Thompson and 8.6 kg in Sharad seedless) than rest of the treatments. Significantly the maximum berry weight, berry size and berry volume were obtained from 7 leaf (P 3 ) treatment in Thompson seedless variety and 6 leaf (P 2 ) treatment in Sharad seedless variety. Maximum TSS : acid ratio and low acidity, high reducing sugar were obtained from treatment 7 leaf (P 3 ) in Thompson seedless, whereas treatment 6 leaf (P 2 ) in Sharad seedless variety.