Impact of leaf to fruit ratio on physico-chemical traits of guava cv. Lalit under high density planting

Abstract

The investigation entitled “Impact of leaf to fruit ratio on physico-chemical traits of guava cv. Lalit under high density planting” was conducted at Fruit Research Station, Sakkar Baug, College of Horticulture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh (Gujarat) during August 2022 to December 2022. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with 8 treatments consist of T1 - (Leaf: fruit, 4:1), T2 - (Leaf: fruit, 6:1), T3 - (Leaf: fruit, 8:1), T4 - (Leaf: fruit, 10:1), T5 - (Leaf: fruit, 12:1), T6 - (Leaf: fruit, 14:1), T7 - (Leaf: fruit, 16:1), T8 - (Control) with three replications. The results indicated that among eight fruit weight (164.13 g), fruit length (6.71 cm), fruit width (6.65 cm), fruit circumference (20.79 cm), fruit volume (152.53 ml), fruit firmness (11.07 kg/cm2), pulp weight (146.65 g), pulp: seed ratio (8.38) and yield (8.63 kg/plant) were observed in T4 (Leaf: fruit, 10:1). Whereas, minimum number of seeds (352.33) and seed weight (16.50 g) were noted in T8 (Control).