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Karonda (Carissa)KharifOpen-pollinatedUpdated 7 September 2026

Pant Sudarshan

A companion GBPUAT Pantnagar release alongside Pant Manohar, also a high-acidity pickle-type selected for consistent green-fruit quality.

SeasonKharif
Maturity periodBears from year 2–3 (grafted/cutting)
Expected yieldGood, pickle-grade fruit
Suitable soilSaline / marginal

Quick facts

Crop
Karonda (Carissa)
Type
Open-pollinated
Season
Kharif
Maturity period
Bears from year 2–3 (grafted/cutting)
Expected yield
Good, pickle-grade fruit
Suitable soil
Saline / marginal
Release
GBPUAT Pantnagar, Uttarakhand

About this variety

Pant Sudarshan is a karonda pickle-type variety released alongside Pant Manohar and Pant Suvarna by GBPUAT Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, part of the same breeding effort to give pickle and chutney processors a consistent, high-acidity, low-TSS green-fruit variety rather than relying on unselected wild karonda. As with its two companion releases, it is grown and harvested specifically at the unripe green stage, not left to ripen for fresh eating, and its main value to a grower is the predictability it offers a pickle buyer compared to fruit gathered from ungraded wild or seedling bushes.

Key characteristics

    Plant typeOpen-pollinated
    MaturityBears from year 2–3 (grafted/cutting)
    Yield potentialGood, pickle-grade fruit
    Disease resistanceNo special resistance claimed
    SoilSaline / marginal
    SeasonKharif

Yield & maturity

Maturity period

Bears from year 2–3 (grafted/cutting)

Expected yield

Good, pickle-grade fruit

Actual yield depends on sowing time, soil, irrigation, weather, seed quality and crop management.

Pest & disease considerations

Major diseases

  • No special resistance claimed

Advantages & considerations

Why farmers may choose it

  • Consistent, high acidity suited to commercial pickle processing.
  • Part of a matched three-variety pickle-type release, giving growers a proven regional option.

Things to consider

  • Not suited to a fresh-eating or sweet-processing market — bred purely for the pickle stage.
  • Detailed yield-per-plant data not separately published outside GBPUAT 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