Effect of Fruit Bagging on Yield and Quality of Guava (Psidium guajava L.) cv. ‘Allahabad Safeda
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2020
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MPUT, UDAIPUR
Abstract
The present investigation entitled “Effect of fruit bagging on yield and
quality of guava (Psidium guajava L.) cv. ‘Allahabad Safeda” was carried out at
horticulture farm of Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Maharana Pratap University of
Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur during winter season of the year 2018-2019.
The Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Udaipur. Fruits at 35 days after fruit set were
selected for bagging. The healthy fruits were selected for bagging. The different
material bags were tied with thread properly, so that it will not fall down as well as
there will not be open space for entry of insects or rain water etc.
Twenty-five fruits in all direction selected from each plants for each treatment
were considered for observations of different characters viz., Effect of various
bagging materials significantly influenced the maturity (%), fruit weight (g), fruit
length (cm), fruit diameter (cm), fruit drop (%) and insect damaged fruit (%), pulp
weight (g), seed weight (g) and pulp: seed ratio, Specific gravity (g cc-1), fruit color,
and quality attributes TSS (˚Brix), acidity (%), TSS acid ratio, ascorbic acid
(mg/100g), total sugars (%), reducing sugar (%), and pectin content (%) and
increased B: C ratio (1.319). It is recommended that bagging of guava fruits with nonwoven
bag can maintain disease resistancy, with economic feasibility and good
quality parameters. In guava, wrapping individual fruit with transparent colour bags
as partial cover against sunlight is the best option for guava fruit fly management and
reducing yield loss. Non-woven bag was found beneficial for yield attributes and
quality production of fruits.
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Effect of fruit bagging on yield and quality of guava
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Kumar S. And Lakhawat S.S.