Effect of different bagging materials on fruit growth, yield and quality attributes of guava (Psidium guajava L.) cv Allahabad Safeda
Author(s): Gaurav Singh, Vijay Bahadur and Saket Mishra
Abstract: The present experiment entitled “Effect of different bagging materials on fruit growth, yield and quality attributes of guava (Psidium guajava L.) cv Allahabad Safeda” was conducted at Department of Horticulture, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj during the session 2022 - 2024. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design, and the study consists of nine treatments with three replications including control. From the present investigation, it was concluded that bagging had significant effect on fruit characters in guava. The best treatment was T1 (15 days after fruit setting by Yellow cloth bag) was found best for maintaining yield attributes i.e. maturity (88.32%), minimum fruit drop (9.66%), maximum fruit weight (149.91 g), polar diameter of fruit (6.90 cm), radial diameter of fruit (6.94 cm), specific gravity (1.25 g cc-1) minimum Insect damage fruit (1.05%), Seed weight (5.45 g), and with best quality attributes i.e. TSS (12.58 0Brix), minimum Acidity (0.38%), reducing sugar (5.09 %), maximum total sugar (8.36%) and the maximum Ascorbic acid (201.13 mg/100g pulp) was obtained in white perforated polythene bags (T4). Increased fruit yield and quality might be due to the increase absorption of apply to bagging.
