Kiwifruit Actinidia deliciosa A. Chev. is the recently introduced fruit crop in our country, which has gained commercial importance in mid hills because of high economic returns. In kiwifruit, nutrition plays an important role in production of quality fruits as fruit quality is directly related to nutritional status of the plant. Leaf analysis is widely accepted as a powerful tool to monitor nutritional status of fruit plants. Since mineral composition of leaves undergoes seasonal changes as a result of growth and development, therefore, knowledge of seasonal changes of nutrients is necessary to develop criteria for describing the optimum nutrient status for both yield and quality of fruits. The present investigations were therefore, undertaken tostudy the seasonal changes in leaf nutrient contents and to standardize the foliar sampling time for nutrientHiannnctir in l i A/ifrnit
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