Vol. 9, Issue 1 (2020)

Author(s):
MK Shinde, RM Dheware and AR Jadhav

Abstract:
The field trial was conducted on a well-established guava orchard of ten years age, spaced at 6 x 6 m² at the Instructional-Cum-Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Latur during 2016-17, to study the effect of different levels of pruning on growth, flowering and yield of guava (Psidium guajava L.) cv. Sardar.The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Block Design with seven treatmentsviz., T₁ (Without pruning-Control), T₂ (5 cm pruning), T₃(10 cm pruning), T₄ (15 cm pruning), T₅(20 cm pruning), T₆(25 cm pruning) and T₇ (30 cm pruning)with four replications after harvesting of previous season fruits. The pruning was done in 1^st week of May, 2017.The investigation indicated 20 cm pruning level (T₅) were found beneficial for enhancing plant growth, flowering and yield of guava cv. Sardar as compared to other treatments under Marathwada region of Maharashtra.