Fig Crop questions and answers
Horticulture
Fig Crop
| Question | Answer | |
| 1 | Botanical name? | Ficus carica |
| 2 | Common Name? | Forbidden fruit |
| 3 | Family? | Moraceae |
| 4 | Origin? | West Asia |
| 5 | Active compound present in Fig? | Ficin |
| 6 | Type of Fruit? | Syconium multiple fruit |
| 7 | Practiced in Poona fig for activating dormant buds is? | Notching |
| 8 | Pruning is done in month of ? | December |
| 9 | Highest fibre content among fruits? | Fig |
| 10 | Ficus glomerata? | Resistant to Nematode |
| 11 | Poona fig is most popular cultivar grown in India? | 5 x 5 m |
| 12 | About 90% of the fig, produced in the world, are dried Fruit is known for its? | laxative properties |
| 13 | Excel and conardia-suitable for high density planting Spacing? | 2.5 x 2.5 m² |
| 14 | Common fig is grown parthenogenetically which doesn’t require? | Caprification |
| 15 | Intermediate between common fig and smyrna fig? | San pedro |
| 16 | Monoecious spp. is? | Capri fig |
Fig Crop
| Fig has been classified into 4 groups | ||
| Edible Fig | ||
| * Long stylled pistilate flower | ||
| Brown turkey | Conardia | Kadota |
| Poona Fig | Black mission | |
| Smyrna Fig | ||
| * Long stylled pistilate flower | ||
| Calimyrna | Zidi | Taranimt |
| San Pedro Fig | ||
| * Long stylled pistilate flower | ||
| Dauphine | Lampeiria | King gentile |
| San Pedro | ||
| Wild capri Fig | ||
| * Short style pistillate flower | ||
| . Samson | Stanford | Brawley |
Fig Crop
| Varieties | ||
| Kabul | Bangalore | Lucknow |
| Merselies | Black Ischia | Celeste |
| Deranna | Desert King | Conardia |
| Adriatic | Brown Turkey | Kadola |
| Excel | ||
| Dinkar- Improvement over Daulatabad. (Indian Variety developed at MPKV Rahuri (MH)) | ||
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