Response of NPK on Growth, Yield and Quality of Oriental Pear: A Review

The pear tree is hardy and can flourish even on inferior lands with relatively less care. It can withstand in temporally water-logged conditions where most of the other fruit trees either suffer heavy damage or killed outright. The problems of low productivity in fruits have been associated with the improper nutrition. Indian soils are generally low in nitrogen content. The fruit grown under such conditions usually show the signs of its deficiency. In the first 5–6 years of full bearing, nitrogen increases tree growth and trunk diameter of pear. The constraints in pear cultivation as low productivity, inferior fruit quality and fruit does not store well.