Abstract
Poor quality fruit production in the rainy season and failure to manipulate production periods are common problems for guava production in India and Nepal. As a possible management to overcome these problems, a field experiment was conducted to understand the effect of time and level of pruning on growth, flowering, yield, and quality of guava. An experiment was laid out with split-pot design allocating three pruning times (mid-April, early May, and mid-May) and four pruning levels (0-, 10-, 20-, and 30-cm tip removal) with three replications in each treatment. Increased level of pruning in early May increased the leaf number and area both in rainy and winter seasons. Similarly, an increased level of pruning and delayed pruning increased the fruit size and fruit weight in both seasons. In the winter season, fruit yield per tree was increased by plants pruned in early May. Total soluble sugar (%) of fruits increased with the increased level of pruning in both seasons irrespective of timing of pruning, but fruit acidity was not affected by both treatments. In conclusion, pruning plants at a 20 cm pruning level in early May was the most effective management to reduce yield in the rainy season and to enhance yield and quality in the winter season.
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Claim · model-written summary
More pruning in early May increased leaf number and area in both seasons.
- Taxon
- guava
Psidium guajavat0 - Treatment
- Increased level of pruning in early Maye0
- Outcome
- leaf number and areae0
- Direction
- increasede0
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e0“Increased level of pruning in early May increased the leaf number and area both in rainy and winter seasons.”
t0“guava”
Claim · model-written summary
Greater and later pruning increased fruit size and weight in both seasons.
- Taxon
- guavaPsidium guajavat0
- Treatment
- increased level of pruning and delayed pruninge0
- Outcome
- fruit size and fruit weighte0
- Direction
- increasede0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“an increased level of pruning and delayed pruning increased the fruit size and fruit weight in both seasons.”
t0“guava”
Claim · model-written summary
Early May pruning increased winter fruit yield per tree.
- Taxon
- guavaPsidium guajavat0
- Treatment
- pruned in early Maye0
- Outcome
- fruit yield per treee0
- Direction
- increasede0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In the winter season, fruit yield per tree was increased by plants pruned in early May.”
t0“guava”
Claim · model-written summary
Greater pruning raised fruit total soluble sugar in both seasons.
- Taxon
- guavaPsidium guajavat0
- Treatment
- increased level of pruninge0
- Outcome
- Total soluble sugar (%) of fruitse0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Total soluble sugar (%) of fruits increased with the increased level of pruning in both seasons irrespective of timing of pruning”
t0“guava”
Claim · model-written summary
Pruning level and timing did not affect fruit acidity.
- Taxon
- guavaPsidium guajavat0
- Treatment
- both treatmentse0
- Outcome
- fruit aciditye0
- Direction
- not affectede0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“fruit acidity was not affected by both treatments.”
t0“guava”
Claim · model-written summary
Authors recommend 20 cm pruning in early May to reduce rainy season yield and enhance winter yield and quality.
- Taxon
- guavaPsidium guajavat0
- Treatment
- 20 cm pruning level in early Maye0
- Outcome
- reduce yield in the rainy season and to enhance yield and quality in the winter seasone0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“pruning plants at a 20 cm pruning level in early May was the most effective management to reduce yield in the rainy season and to enhance yield and quality in the winter season.”
t0“guava”
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