RESPONSE OF HIGH DENSITY SPACING ON PHYSICO-CHEMICAL QUALITY AND YIELD OF GUAVA (Psidium guajava L.) cv. PANT PRABHAT

MAHESH PAL¹, SHANT LAL², PANKAJ NAUTIYAL³*, PRABHAKAR JOSHI^4
1Department of Horticulture, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, 263153, Uttarakhand, India
²Department of Horticulture, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, 263153, Uttarakhand, India
³ICAR- Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Chinyalisaur, 249196, Uttarakashi, Uttarakhand, India
⁴Department of Horticulture, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, 263153, Uttarakhand, India
* Corresponding Author : pankajnautiyal2009@gmail.com

Received : 16-12-2016     Accepted : 10-02-2017     Published : 24-02-2017
Volume : 9     Issue : 9       Pages : 3962 - 3965
Int J Agr Sci 9.9 (2017):3962-3965

Keywords : Guava, Plant Spacing, High Density, Quality, Yield
Academic Editor : Indu Arora
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : None declared
Author Contribution : None declared

The experiment was conducted at Horticulture Research Centre, Patharchatta, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar to record the response of high density spacing on fruit quality and yield of guava during 2012-13 and 2013-14. The four spacing treatments [1.0 X 1.0 m (S1), 2.0 X 1.0 m (S2), 2.0 X 1.5 m (S3) & 1.5 X 1.5 m (S4)] were replicated six times in randomized block design. The treatment S3 showed significantly maximum total sugars, reducing sugars, non-reducing sugars, ascorbic acid and mean fruit weight, whereas, high density planting treatment S1 gave significantly lower mean fruit weight. Significantly higher yield per plant was obtained with the treatment S3, while, yield per hectare was recorded significantly higher with the spacing treatment S1 during both the experimental years.