Studies on variability in fruit characters of jamun

The present investigation entitled “Studies on variability in fruit characters of jamun (Syzygium cumini skeels)” was carried out in the campus of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi U.P. India, during the year 2000–01 and 2001–02 to select some promising selection of jamun. A very good jamun collection of eastern Uttar Pradesh is available in plenty at the campus of Banaras Hindu University, under department of Horticulture. A wide range of variability was observed in the phyisco-chemical composition of fruit among investigated genotypes. The ‘Selection 1’ was observed most promising for fruit weight (14.55g), minimum seed weight (1.73g), higher pulp percent (90.05), higher total soluble solid (21.23%) and total sugar (20.24%). Therefore, Selection-1 is suitable for further perpetuation for commercial and systematic orcharding of jamun.