Response of guava (Psidium guajava L.) cv. L-49 to thinning and bagging on yield attributing traits

Abstract

The experiment entitled “Response of guava (Psidium guajava L.) cv. L-49 to thinning and bagging on yield attributing traits.” was conducted at Fruit Research Station, Madhadibaug, College of Horticulture, JAU., Junagadh. During year 2024. Total twenty treatment combinations comprising four level of thinning viz., no thinning (T1), 20% thinning (T2), 40% thinning (T3), 60% thinning (T4) and five levels of bagging viz., no bagging (B1), white paper bag (B2), brown paper bag (B3), nylon mesh net bag (B4) and muslin bag (B5) were allocated in randomized block design with factorial concept in two replications. The result of experiment revealed that among the thinning, no thinning (T1) recorded more number of fruits per plant (329.90), 20% thinning (T2) recorded maximum fruit yield per plant (44.44 kg) and maximum fruit yield per hectare (12.30 tonnes). Among the bagging treatments, brown paper bag (B3) recorded maximum number of no of fruits per plant (230.00), maximum fruit yield per plant (42.39 kg) and maximum fruit yield per hectare (11.74 tonnes). Furthermore, the interaction effect between thinning and bagging found significant with parameters like; number of fruits per trees (337.50) in treatment combination no thinning + brown paper bag (T1B3). It was recorded maximum yield per plant (53.22 kg) and maximum fruit yield per hectare (14.74 tonnes) in treatment combination 20% thinning + brown paper bag (T2B3).