Saini, Rinku
Bhatnagar, Prerak https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4358-2202
Singh, Jitendra
Chhipa, Hemraj
Sharma, Anchal
Article History
Received: 26 September 2025
Accepted: 22 July 2026
First Online: 30 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study did not involve human participants, animals, or protected plant species. The experimental work was conducted on cultivated mandarin ( Citrus reticulata Blanco) trees at the Fruit Science Instructional Farm, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Agriculture University, Kota, Rajasthan, India, in accordance with institutional guidelines and local agricultural regulations.
Consent for publication: All authors have read and approved the final manuscript and consent to its publication.
Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.