EFFECT OF FOLIAR APPLICATION OF NUTRIENTS ON YIELD AND QUALITY ATTRIBUTES OF GUAVA (PSIDIUM GUAJAVA L.) CV. L-49A.R. TUMMOD, R.V. NAINWAD, P.V.SAWALE AND S.S. TAGADAbstract The present investigation entitled âEffect of foliar application of nutrients on yield and quality of guava cv. L-49â was carried out at Department of Horticulture, VNMKV, Parbhani during the year 2018. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design having eleven treatments with three replications. The details of treatments were as T1- Urea @ 0.5%, T2- Urea @ 1%, T3- Potassium sulphate @ 0.5%, T4- Potassium sulphate @ 1%, T5- Borax @ 0.5%, T6- Borax @ 0.5%, T7- Zinc sulphate @ 0.5%, T8- Zinc sulphate @ 1%, T9- Ferrous sulphate @ 0.5%, T10- Ferrous sulphate @ 1%, T11- Control. The minimum days to first harvesting (103.70), maximum number of fruits per tree (174.08), yield per tree (31.03 kg and 71.68 ton/ha),TSS (12.04%), reducing sugar (5.33%), non-reducing sugar (4.15%), total sugar (9.48%), ascorbic acid (195.25 mg/100 fruit pulp), shelf life (4.50 days) and decrease acidity (0.35%)was recorded with foliar application of (T4) Potassium sulphate @ 1%. However, the minimum values of all attributes were recorded under the (T11) control. |