Influence of chemical and bio-fertilizers on growth, flowering, fruit yield and quality of guava (Psidium guajava L.) cv. Allahabad Safeda

Treatment of 75% N + 75% P₂O₅ +100% K₂O+ Azotobacter 5ml/tree + PSB 5ml/tree resulted significantly maximum tree height (3.80 m), East West tree spread (5.20 m), North South tree spread (5.13 m) at harvesting stage,minimum number of days for flowering (32.33 days), maximum number of flowers per branch (25.33), fruit set per branch (90.20%) and fruit retention (92.96%), fruit diameter (10.07 cm), fruit weight (215.06 g) and pulp weight (193.44 g), yield attributing characters, number of fruits per tree (144.33), fruit yield per tree (32.13 kg) and per hectare (89.01 q) and shelf life of fruit (12.50 days).