{"id":3763,"date":"2026-02-23T13:30:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T08:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=3763"},"modified":"2026-02-23T13:41:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T08:11:12","slug":"apple-cultivation-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/apple-cultivation-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Cultivation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Apple Cultivation Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the J&amp;K Economic Survey 2025-26, apple production comprises 50% of the total horticulture production of J&amp;K against pear, apricot, peach, plum, cherry, citrus, mango, walnut, almond etc.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Apple Cultivation<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apple (Malus pumila) is an important <\/span><b>temperate fruit.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Climatic conditions required For Apple<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Temperature:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The average summer temperature should be <\/span><b>around 21-24 degrees C<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> during the active growth period.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can be grown at an altitude <\/span><b>of 1500- 2700 m above sea level.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Rainfall:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Well-distributed rainfall <\/span><b>of 1000-1250 mm<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> throughout the growing season is most favourable for the optimum growth and fruitfulness of apple trees.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Soil:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Apples grow best on <\/span><b>well-drained, loamy soils.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Apple growing States in India:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In India apple is primarily cultivated in <\/span><b>Jammu &amp; Kashmir; Himachal Pradesh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; the hills of Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also cultivated to a small extent in <\/span><b>Arunachal Pradesh; Nagaland; Punjab and Sikkim<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/why-are-apple-traders-in-jk-worried-explained\/article70664385.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple cultivation in India is mainly concentrated in Jammu &#038; Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and the hilly regions of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, supported by cool climates and suitable soil conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":89372,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5656,21,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-3763","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-apple-cultivation","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","11":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3763"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89445,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3763\/revisions\/89445"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}