Pant Manohar
A GBPUAT Pantnagar pickle-type variety with high acidity and low TSS (roughly 3.0–4.0°B), bred specifically for green-fruit pickle and chutney quality.
Quick facts
- Type
- Open-pollinated
- Season
- Kharif
- Starts bearing
- Bears from year 2–3 (grafted/cutting)
- Expected yield
- Good, pickle-grade fruit
- Suitable soil
- Saline / marginal
- Disease resistance
- No special resistance claimed
- Release
- GBPUAT Pantnagar, Uttarakhand
Actual yield depends on sowing time, soil, irrigation, weather, seed quality and crop management.
About this variety
Pant Manohar is a karonda variety released by Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (GBPUAT), Pantnagar, in Uttarakhand, bred specifically as a pickle-type — meaning it is selected and grown for its unripe, still-green fruit rather than the sweeter ripe berry. It carries notably high acidity and a low total soluble solids reading, commonly cited in the 3.0–4.0°B range, which is exactly the sharp, sour profile that pickle and chutney processors want. Along with its companion releases Pant Sudarshan and Pant Suvarna, it is one of the three named pickle-type varieties from the same Pantnagar breeding programme, so farmers selling to the pickle and chutney trade have a released variety to plant instead of picking fruit off wild bushes.
Should you pick this variety?
Pick Pant Manohar if you want to sell green karonda to pickle and chutney makers. The fruit is sour with little sugar (about 3–4°B), and that is the taste pickle buyers ask for. If you want sweet fruit to eat fresh, look at Konkan Bold or CHES-K-II-7 instead. If your farm is in the hot, dry parts of Rajasthan or Gujarat, Maru Gaurav was bred for that weather. Pant Manohar is listed for Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. It has two close relatives from the same university, Pant Sudarshan and Pant Suvarna, so you can plant a few of each and see which one does best on your land.
Sowing & cultivation
Advantages & considerations
Why farmers may choose it
- High, consistent acidity specifically suited to pickle and chutney processing.
- A named, institution-released option rather than unselected wild green fruit.
Things to consider
- Bred for the pickle market specifically — not the variety to choose for fresh, sweet-eating table fruit.
- Exact yield-per-plant figures not separately published outside GBPUAT's own variety descriptions.
Suitable regions
States this variety is recommended for — check locally, since a state can have more than one recommended zone.
- Uttar Pradesh
- Uttarakhand
Harvesting at the green stage for the pickle trade
This variety is bred for sourness, about 3.0–4.0°B of sugar, and that quality only exists while the fruit is green and hard. Let the same fruit ripen on the bush and you lose the acidity the pickle unit is paying for.
So plan the picking, not just the planting. Go over the bushes every few days in the picking window and take only hard green fruit, because one round of picking will not catch a bush that sets unevenly. Keep the lot dry and out of the sun until it is delivered; a damp sack of green karonda heats up and starts to soften within a day. Agree the stage with your buyer before the season, since some pickle units specify a size as well.
How it compares with other varieties
Every Karonda (Carissa) variety with a page on this site, side by side. The row for this page is highlighted.
| Variety | Best for | Yield | States |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHES-K-II-7 | Sweet fresh fruit, juice (vitamin C) | Good; high sugar and vitamin C | Karnataka |
| Konkan Bold | Fresh eating, jam, jelly, juice | High; prolific bearer | Maharashtra |
| Maru Gaurav | Highest yield on hot, dry land | Very high — up to ~40 kg/plant | Rajasthan, Gujarat |
| Pant Manoharthis page | Pickle and chutney (green fruit) | Good, pickle-grade fruit | Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand |
| Pant Sudarshan | Pickle and chutney (green fruit) | Good, pickle-grade fruit | Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand |
| Pant Suvarna | Pickle and chutney (green fruit) | Good, pickle-grade fruit | Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand |
| Thar Kamal | Red pulp for juice and squash | Good; roughly 13 kg/plant in CIAH evaluation | Rajasthan |
Tools for this crop
The numbers you need next: how much seed to buy, whether the lot germinates, what the fertilizer bill looks like and what Karonda (Carissa) is selling for.
- Seed Rate CalculatorHow much seed your Karonda (Carissa) plot needs, corrected for the germination of the lot you bought.
- Germination CalculatorTest 100 seeds from the bag before sowing and see whether the lot is fit to sow.
- Seed Variety FinderFilter every Karonda (Carissa) variety on this site by state, season, duration and soil.
- Fertilizer CalculatorTurn the NPK recommendation for Karonda (Carissa) into bags of urea, DAP and MOP for your field size.
- Crop CalendarMonth-by-month sowing, weeding, irrigation and harvest dates for Karonda (Carissa) in your state.
- Crop Profit CalculatorPut your seed, labour and input costs against the yield you expect from this variety.
- Mandi Price CheckerToday's Karonda (Carissa) rate in your nearest mandi, before you fix a price with a trader.
Subsidy and government support
Schemes that help with the cost of Karonda (Carissa) seed or planting material. Rules and the application route are on each scheme page.
Frequently asked questions
Can I eat Pant Manohar fruit fresh?
It is made for the sour green stage, for pickle and chutney, not for sweet eating. For sweet fruit, look at Konkan Bold or CHES-K-II-7.
How is Pant Manohar different from Pant Sudarshan and Pant Suvarna?
All three come from GBPUAT Pantnagar with the same aim: sour, low-sugar green fruit for pickle. No published figures clearly separate them, so the practical way to choose is to try a few plants of each on your own land.
When does Pant Manohar start giving fruit?
Plants raised by grafting or cuttings start bearing from the 2nd or 3rd year.
Pant Manohar or Konkan Bold: which should I plant?
It depends on your buyer. Pant Manohar has sour fruit with little sugar (about 3–4°B), which pickle makers want. Konkan Bold is sweet (about 10–12°B), which suits fresh eating, jam and juice. Pick Pant Manohar for pickle. Pick Konkan Bold for sweet fruit.
Can I grow Pant Manohar in Rajasthan or Gujarat?
It is listed for Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. For the hot, dry parts of Rajasthan and Gujarat, Maru Gaurav was bred for that weather. If you still want Pant Manohar there, plant a few plants first.