India - Fruit crops scenario

FRUIT CROPS:

•  India is the second largest producer of fruits after Brazil.

• A large variety of fruit crops are grown in India. Of these, mango, banana, citrus, papaya, guava, pineapple, sapota, jackfruit, litchi, grapes, apple, pear, peach, plum, walnut etc. are the important ones.
  

•  India accounts for 10 per cent of the total world production of fruits.

•  It leads the world in the production of mango, banana, sapota and acid lime besides recording highest productivity in grape.
  

• The leading fruit growing states are Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

Tropical fruits crops

Tropical crops are crops that are adapted to the tropical climate prevailing at the tropics.

Examples of Tropical fruit crops are :

Mango , Banana ,  Papaya , Pineapple , Guava , Sapota , Custard apple , Jackfruit , Carambola , Persimon , Cashew , Coconut