Evaluation of potential varieties of guava under different geographical locations

Six potentially important guava cultivars cultivated under All India Coordinated Research Project on Fruits at three different geographical locations in India viz., Bengaluru, Rewa and Udaipur locations and their various attributes like growth, yield, biochemical and sensory performance were evaluated for pooled analyzed during the period of 2015-2016 to 2019-2020. The variety Lalit not only recorded significantly maximum plant height (4.74 m) and yield (48.79 kg/tree and 19.51 t/ha) at Udaipur center but also produced highest (275.33) number of fruits per tree at Bengaluru center. While, another variety of guava i.e. Shweta which was cultivated at different centers, showed maximum fruit length (7.84 cm) and breadth (7.45 cm) at Rewa and Udaipur centers, respectively. Similarly, Shweta variety recorded significantly maximum fruit weight, pulp and seed weight, TSS and vitamin C content (i.e. 279.01 gm, 217.05 gm, 8.46 gm, 15.04 ⁰B and 186.20 mg/100 gm of fruit, respectively) at Udaipur center. These studies provided strong clues about geographical suitability of different guava cultivars from fruit yield and quality points of views.