Abstract
The productivity and fruit quality of guava in the North Indian plains are largely affected by the adoption of suitable pruning and training systems. Therefore, the present study was undertaken to study the comparative effects of different intensities of pruning, namely, light, moderate, and hard, along with three training methods modified leader, and bush system on vegetative growth, flowering habit, yield, and fruit quality of guava. Field experiments were conducted for two consecutive seasons across the major guava-growing regions of Panjab and Haryana. The results showed that moderate pruning with the open-centre training system significantly improved the canopy aeration and increased fruit set and overall yield. However, hard pruning favoured the regeneration of new shoots and reduced the fruit size and TSS. In contrast, a bush system encouraged higher fruiting surface, though with reduced size because of high crop load conditions. Among all the treatments, the maximum yield with superior fruit quality and higher economic returns were recorded in the open-centre system with moderate pruning. An integrated approach of systematic pruning, coupled with scientifically designed training systems, substantially enhances the productivity of guava in the North Indian plains and provides a practical strategy for commercial orchard management.
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Claims 10
Claim · model-written summary
Moderate pruning with the open-centre training system significantly improved canopy aeration of guava.
- Taxon
- guava
Psidium guajavat0 - Treatment
- moderate pruning with the open-centre training systeme1
- Outcome
- canopy aeratione1
- Direction
- improvede1
- Setting
- North Indian Plainst0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“Guava Productivity in North Indian Plains”
e1“moderate pruning with the open-centre training system significantly improved the canopy aeration and increased fruit set and overall yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Moderate pruning with the open-centre training system increased guava fruit set and overall yield.
- Taxon
- guavaPsidium guajavat0
- Treatment
- moderate pruning with the open-centre training systeme1
- Outcome
- fruit set and overall yielde1
- Direction
- increasede1
- Setting
- North Indian Plainst0
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Verbatim
t0“Guava Productivity in North Indian Plains”
e1“moderate pruning with the open-centre training system significantly improved the canopy aeration and increased fruit set and overall yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Hard pruning favoured the regeneration of new shoots in guava.
- Taxon
- guavaPsidium guajavat0
- Treatment
- hard pruninge2
- Outcome
- regeneration of new shootse2
- Direction
- favourede2
- Setting
- North Indian Plainst0
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Verbatim
t0“Guava Productivity in North Indian Plains”
e2“hard pruning favoured the regeneration of new shoots and reduced the fruit size and TSS”
Claim · model-written summary
Hard pruning reduced guava fruit size and TSS.
- Taxon
- guavaPsidium guajavat0
- Treatment
- hard pruninge2
- Outcome
- fruit size and TSSe2
- Direction
- reducede2
- Setting
- North Indian Plainst0
Not reportedComparator
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t0“Guava Productivity in North Indian Plains”
e2“hard pruning favoured the regeneration of new shoots and reduced the fruit size and TSS”
Claim · model-written summary
The bush system encouraged a higher fruiting surface in guava.
- Taxon
- guavaPsidium guajavat0
- Treatment
- a bush systeme3
- Outcome
- fruiting surfacee3
- Direction
- highere3
- Setting
- North Indian Plainst0
Not reportedComparator
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t0“Guava Productivity in North Indian Plains”
e3“a bush system encouraged higher fruiting surface, though with reduced size because of high crop load conditions”
Claim · model-written summary
The bush system reduced guava fruit size because of high crop load conditions.
- Taxon
- guavaPsidium guajavat0
- Treatment
- a bush systeme3
- Outcome
- sizee3
- Direction
- reducede3
- Qualifier
- because of high crop load conditionse3
- Setting
- North Indian Plainst0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Guava Productivity in North Indian Plains”
e3“a bush system encouraged higher fruiting surface, though with reduced size because of high crop load conditions”
Claim · model-written summary
The open-centre system with moderate pruning gave the maximum guava yield among all treatments.
- Taxon
- guavaPsidium guajavat0
- Treatment
- open-centre system with moderate pruninge4
- Outcome
- yielde4
- Direction
- maximume4
- Comparator
- all the treatmentse4
- Setting
- North Indian Plainst0
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Verbatim
t0“Guava Productivity in North Indian Plains”
e4“Among all the treatments, the maximum yield with superior fruit quality and higher economic returns were recorded in the open-centre system with moderate pruning”
Claim · model-written summary
The open-centre system with moderate pruning gave superior guava fruit quality among all treatments.
- Taxon
- guavaPsidium guajavat0
- Treatment
- open-centre system with moderate pruninge4
- Outcome
- fruit qualitye4
- Direction
- superiore4
- Comparator
- all the treatmentse4
- Setting
- North Indian Plainst0
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Verbatim
t0“Guava Productivity in North Indian Plains”
e4“Among all the treatments, the maximum yield with superior fruit quality and higher economic returns were recorded in the open-centre system with moderate pruning”
Claim · model-written summary
The open-centre system with moderate pruning gave higher economic returns for guava among all treatments.
- Taxon
- guavaPsidium guajavat0
- Treatment
- open-centre system with moderate pruninge4
- Outcome
- economic returnse4
- Direction
- highere4
- Comparator
- all the treatmentse4
- Setting
- North Indian Plainst0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Guava Productivity in North Indian Plains”
e4“Among all the treatments, the maximum yield with superior fruit quality and higher economic returns were recorded in the open-centre system with moderate pruning”
Claim · model-written summary
An integrated approach of systematic pruning and designed training systems is recommended to enhance guava productivity in the North Indian plains.
- Taxon
- guavaPsidium guajavae5
- Outcome
- productivity of guavae5
- Qualifier
- An integrated approach of systematic pruning, coupled with scientifically designed training systemse5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Guava Productivity in North Indian Plains”
e5“An integrated approach of systematic pruning, coupled with scientifically designed training systems, substantially enhances the productivity of guava in the North Indian plains”
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