Himalayan region including Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarkhand states. Apple occupies a unique position among temperate fruits of India and ranks fifth worldwide with a production of 2,371 thousand MT per year from an area of 307 thousand hectares (Anonymous, 2018a). Himachal Pradesh has been named as "Apple bowl of India" because of high production and best apple fruit quality.
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