Current Horticulture
Open Access
  • Year: 2025
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue: 3

Response of guava (Psidium guajava) genotypes to air-layering under sub-humid southern Rajasthan

  • Author:
  • G. Chand1, D.K. Sarolia2, V. Singh1, D.K. Singh3,*
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Published Online: Jun 3, 2026
  • Page Number: 30 to 32

1Department of Horticulture, RCA, MPUAT, Udaipur (Rajasthan) India

2ICAR-Central Institute for Arid Horticulture, Bikaner (Rajasthan), India

3Kulbhaskar Ashram PG College, Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh)

*Corresponding author : singhdks1977@gmail.com

Online Published on 03 June, 2026.

Abstract

The evaluation of the genotypes guava (Psidium guajava L.) for air layering under sub humid southern plains of Rajasthan conditions was done from 5 to 15 July 2015-16. The genotypes, L-49, Allahabad Safeda, Lalit, Red Fleshed, Pant Prabhat, Safed Jam, Arka Amulya, Arka Mridula, MPUAT S-1, MPUAT S-2, Shweta, Burfkhan, Sarbati, RCGH.-1 and One-Kg were used. Among the genotypes, early root initiation, percentage of rooted air layers, survival percentage and vigour index were maximum in Lalit, while and the number of secondary roots were highest in L- 49 and root: shoot ratio in Shweta. Poor response to rooting was observed in One-Kg.

Keywords

Chinese layering performance, Sub-humid condition, Red and white fleshed genotypes, Air layering