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Botanically loquat fruit is a Pome.
A pome is a fruit consisting of a fleshy enlarged receptacle and a tough central core containing the seeds, e.g. an apple, pear, or Loquat.
The loquat fruit (Eriobotrya japonica) is also a pome. The loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) is a large evergreen shrub or tree, grown commercially for its orange fruit and for its leaves, which are used to make herbal tea. It is also cultivated as an ornamental plant.

Public Health Laboratory is located in Pune.
The State has Public Health laboratories situated at State, Regional and District levels. The State Level Laboratory at Pune is also recognized as Central Food Laboratory. The two Regional Laboratories are located in Aurangabad and Nagpur.
To examine water samples chemically and bacteriologically for portability and to examine samples of blood, stool and vomit for isolation of enteric pathogens. To analyze samples of sewage, trade waste and effluent for statutory control of environmental pollution.
To organize Health Education and Training Activities to create public awareness for detecting adulteration. To carry out an analysis of food samples under the prevention of food adulteration Act.

Pusa Chetki is a radish variety among the given options that are of tropical type.
This variety has wider adaptability and can tolerate high temperatures. It is suitable for growing from mid-march to mid-August in northern and central parts of India. In southern and western parts of India. It can be grown throughout the year.
Roots are medium long, stumpy, pure white, wildly pungent and mature in 40 - 45 days. It is grown as a summer and monsoon crop from April to September.

Gladiolus is propagated by bulbs.
Gladiolus is propagated by bulbs (the underground storage organs - which are sometimes wrongly called corms and cormels. The cormels of the first year would be normally of very small size and would not yield any flowers.
Dig up each corm and remove the small cormlets from the bottom. Store them over the winter and plant them in the spring.

Plants that become dormant during summer are known as Caducous.
The caduceus is dropping off or shedding at an early stage of development, like the gills of most amphibians or the sepals or stipules of certain plants. Detaching or dropping off at an early stage of development. The gills of most amphibians and the sepals or stipules of certain plants are caducous.

The optimum seed rate of garlic (kg/ha) in terms of clove is 400 - 500.
Seed rate may be defined as the amount of seed required for a unit area of land to grow any crop successfully. In other words, the amount of seed required to raise a crop successfully on a given land is called the optimum seed rate for that crop of the land.
Dip cloves in carbendazim solution (0.1%) just before planting to reduce the incidence of fungal diseases during establishment. The seed rate for garlic is 400 - 500 kg/ha. Selected cloves should be planted vertically 2 cm below the soil surface with a plant-to-plant spacing of 10 cm and row-to-row spacing of 15 cm.

Ploidy level in case of Persimmon is Hexaploid.
The persimmon is the edible fruit of several species of trees in the genus Diospyros. Persimmon trees are typically dioecious, meaning male and female flowers are produced on separate trees.
There are two races of persimmon: the tetraploid (60-chromosome) race is centered in the southern Appalachian region, while the hexaploid (90-chromosome) race generally occupies a range north and west of the tetraploid range.

Sweet potato is the crop among the given options in which adventitious roots are present.
Adventitious roots include those formed on stem and leaf cuttings and those produced by air layering. Adventitious aerial roots of many tropical trees are common.
Adventitious roots are the ones that are modified to store food and water. They are also called root tubers. Sweet potato is a dicot plant from the family Convolvulaceae. It is an example of an adventitious root and is a modified form of the tuberous root.

The whip tail of cauliflower is caused by a deficiency of molybdenum.
In this condition, the leaf blades do not develop properly and become strap-like. The growing point is severely deformed and no marketable curd is formed. This condition in cauliflower results because of the deficiency of molybdenum which occurs in acidic soils below 4 - 5 pH.
It may be controlled by liming the soil which reduces the acidity and increases the soil pH up to 6.5. It may also be controlled by the application of 1 - 2 kg/ac of sodium or ammonium molybdate.

Gynodioecious variety of papaya is Pusa delicious.
Gynodioecious is dioecious but has some hermaphrodite or perfect flowers on an individual plant that bears mostly pistillate flowers.
Pusa delicious is a gynodioecious, high-yielding variety developed by sibmating the variety Ranchi. Plants are medium-sized with first fruiting at 80 cm height, 253 days after planting. Fruits weigh1 to 2 kg and have a distinct flavour and moderate keeping quality. The pulp is deep orange, 4 cm thick with 10 to 13°Brix TSS while the seed cavity is 14 × 8 cm. It yields about 41 kg/plant.