Effect of water stress and pruning on guava under HDP cv. Allahabad Safeda

Abstract

The present investigation entitled “Effect of water stress and pruning on guava under HDP cv. Allahabad Safeda” was conducted at Fruit Research Station, Madhadibaug, College of Horticulture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh during April-2023 to December-2023. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (factorial concept) consisting of three levels of both water stress and pruning, which were replicated three times. The results revealed that growth parameters and flowering was significantly influenced by the various levels of water stress and pruning. Water stress at 15th May (W3) significantly increased number of flowers per shoot (14.04) in guava. Regarding pruning, the results were also recorded significant and maximum incremental plant height (0.52 m) and number of flowers per shoot (14.70) were recorded when pruning was done at 20 cm from the sky end (P3). For interaction effect, water stress at 15th May + 20 cm pruning from the sky end (W3P3) gave maximum number of flowers per shoot (17.46) in guava.