Abstract

SOME QUALITATIVE & QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF GUAVA (PSIDIUM GUAJAVA L.) OF TEKARI ORCHARD, GAYA (BIHAR) IN DIFFERENT SEASONS

Syed Mohammad Minhajul Hassan*, Pushp Lata, Sarfaraz Ali and Dinesh Kumar Yadav

Abstract

Present communication reveals on the qualitative and quantitative fruit production of Psidium guajava L. Three major seasonal impacts on the shape, size, weight and total productivity per tree of five different orchards of mix cultivation on Allahabad safeda, Chittidar, Allahabad surkha and L-49 breeds of guava. Study shows among all the three different seasons (July-Sep., Nov.-Jan., and Feb.-Apr.), month Nov-Jan is highly significant as compared to the two other different seasons in term of fruit shape, size, sweetness and overall production in kg. Although other than Nov.-Jan. production is pretty poor which impair the economic value to the farmers of Tekari, Gaya.

Keywords: Psidium guajava L., Allahabad Safeda, Allahabad Surkha, Chittidar, L-49.