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Article: Cultivation and processing of litchi in Pakistan.
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- Economic Review
- Article date:
- February 1, 1993
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M. M. Nazri (Food Technologist)
Pakistan has successfully grown fruits like Mango and Banana. It is now trying to grow pineapple. Even though Litchi has grown in some areas of Punjab its quality is inferior and output insufficient. But the fact remains that Litchi can be grown successfully in some parts of Punjab, in N.W.F.P. and Hyderabad Division of Sindh.
Litchi to produce of good quality and in large quantities the following methods will have to be adopted.
Litchi is perhaps the most delicate fruits of tropical and subtropical countries. It loses its natural freshness rapidly after harvest.
Southern China is stated to be the home of Litchi ...