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STUDIES ON THE RESPONSE OF PRUNING FOR REJUVENATION OF OLD GUAVA ORCHARD
Article number
735_41
Pages
303 – 309
Language
English
Abstract
An experiment was conducted to study the response of pruning on rejuvenation of an old guava orchard (cv.
L-49) at the Horticultural Research Station, Mondouri of Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya during the years 2003 and 2004. Eleven- year old guava plants were pruned drastically leaving only four scaffold branches per tree at monthly interval from March 2003 to July 2003.
The height and spread of plants increased significantly after pruning as compared to control.
Only rainy season crop was obtained one year after pruning and pruned plants flowered one month ahead of unpruned (control) plants.
Time of pruning had significant effect on fruit set.
Fruit yield and physicochemical characters of mature fruits were found to be best in fruits obtained from plants pruned in April.
Pruning proved to be successful in rejuvenating an old guava orchard of cv.
L-49 (Sardar).
L-49) at the Horticultural Research Station, Mondouri of Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya during the years 2003 and 2004. Eleven- year old guava plants were pruned drastically leaving only four scaffold branches per tree at monthly interval from March 2003 to July 2003.
The height and spread of plants increased significantly after pruning as compared to control.
Only rainy season crop was obtained one year after pruning and pruned plants flowered one month ahead of unpruned (control) plants.
Time of pruning had significant effect on fruit set.
Fruit yield and physicochemical characters of mature fruits were found to be best in fruits obtained from plants pruned in April.
Pruning proved to be successful in rejuvenating an old guava orchard of cv.
L-49 (Sardar).
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Authors
J. Basu, B. Das, S. Sarkar, K.K. Mandal, B.C. Banik, S. Kundu, M.A. Hasan, S. Jha, S.K. Ray
Keywords
guava, pruning, rejuvenation, plant height, plant spread, morphology, chemical composition
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