Foliar Application on Aonla Fruit

Aonla (Emblica officinalis Gaertn.) belong to family Euphorbiaceae. It is indigenous to tropical south-east Asia particularly in central and southern part of India (Morton 1960). Naturally growing aonla has been reported from Cylon Cuba Puerto Rico Hawaii Florida Iran Iraq Java West- Indies Trinidad Pakistan Malaya and China (Benthal 1946). It is being cultivated since long back and occupies an important place among indigenous fruits of India. Aonla finds mention in “Vedas Rmayana Charak Samhita Sushrut Samhita” literatures describing its fruit highly valuable as food medicine and hair dye (Anon 1964). Aonla is the second richest source of vitamin-C (600 mg/100g pulp) among the fruits after Barbados cherry.