POLLINATION AND FRUIT-SET BEHAVIOR OF AONLA (EMBLICA-OFFICINALIS)

A study was conducted on variability in fruiting potentiality in aonla (Emblica officinalis Gaertn). The maximum fruit-retention was recorde d. under open pollination followed by sibbing and geitonogamy, whereas bagging resulted in no-fruit retention. improvement in fruit retentio n under sibbing and open pollination compared with the geitonogamy mig ht be due to the effect of foreign pollen grains having high pollinati on stimulus. Poor-fruit retention under geitonogamy and bagging indica ted the possibility of self-incompatility in all the aonla cultivars/g enotypes.