Impact of integrated nutrient management (INM) approach on growth and yield parameters of guava (Psidium guajava L.) cv. Sardar

To investigate the impact of integrated nutrient management (INM) on the growth and yield parameters of guava an experiment was laid out in a Randomized complete Block Design. It consists of thirteen treatments with three replications. The data revealed that among the treatments, treatment T₁₁(100 % Recommended dose of fertilizers. (600:300:300:NPK) + 10 kg Vermicompost + 10 kg farm yard manure + 10 g Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria + 10 g Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhizae + 10 g Azosprillum) showed the best results in terms of growth and yield parameters like plant height (3.95 m), number of flowers/tree (793.70), fruit retention percentage (78.96%), minimum fruit drop percentage (20.10%) and yield parameter like number of fruits/tree (253.19), fruit length (6.42 cm) width of fruit (7.15 cm), fruit weight (246.19 g), volume of the fruit (268.49cc), fruit yield/tree (35.76 kg) and fruit yield/hectare (86.26 q/ha).