Abstract
An experiment “Effect of pruning time, boric acid and potassium silicate on yield and quality of guava (Psidium guajava L.) cv. Lal Bahadur” was carried out at Horticultural Research Farm, B. A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, during the years 2023 and 2024. The experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design with Factorial concept having three repetitions and sixteen treatment combinations of three factors. A.) Pruning time (P1: Last week of April and P2: Last week of May), B.) Levels of boric acid as foliar spray (B0: No spray-Control, B1: 0.4% Boric acid, B2: 0.8% Boric acid and B3: 1.2% Boric acid) and C.) Levels of potassium silicate as foliar spray (S0: No spray-Control and S1: 4 ml/L Potassium silicate). From the two years of experiment, it can be concluded that pruning in last week of May enhanced the quality parameters and shelf life. In case of levels of boric acid, foliar application of 0.8% boric acid enhanced quality parameters along with shelf life. For levels of potassium silicate, foliar application of 4 ml/L potassium silicate increased quality parameters as well as shelf life.
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Claim · model-written summary
Pruning in the last week of May enhanced quality parameters and shelf life of guava compared with the last week of April.
- Taxon
- guava
Psidium guajavae0 - Treatment
- pruning in last week of Maye2
- Outcome
- quality parameters and shelf lifee2
- Direction
- enhancede2
- Comparator
- Last week of Aprile3
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Verbatim
e0“guava (Psidium guajava L.) cv. Lal Bahadur”
e2“pruning in last week of May enhanced the quality parameters and shelf life”
e3“P1: Last week of April”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar application of 0.8% boric acid enhanced quality parameters and shelf life of guava compared with no spray.
- Taxon
- guavaPsidium guajavae0
- Treatment
- 0.8% boric acide4
- Outcome
- quality parameters along with shelf lifee4
- Direction
- enhancede4
- Comparator
- No spray-Controle5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“guava (Psidium guajava L.) cv. Lal Bahadur”
e4“foliar application of 0.8% boric acid enhanced quality parameters along with shelf life”
e5“B0: No spray-Control”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar application of 4 ml/L potassium silicate increased quality parameters and shelf life of guava compared with no spray.
- Taxon
- guavaPsidium guajavae0
- Treatment
- 4 ml/L potassium silicatee6
- Outcome
- quality parameters as well as shelf lifee6
- Direction
- increasede6
- Comparator
- No spray-Controle7
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“guava (Psidium guajava L.) cv. Lal Bahadur”
e6“foliar application of 4 ml/L potassium silicate increased quality parameters as well as shelf life”
e7“S0: No spray-Control”
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