Madras Agricultural Journal
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Studies on the Effect of Potash on the Yield and Quality of Guava

Abstract

Investigations on the effect of graded doses of potash on guava were undertaken with constant levels of Nitrogen and Phosphoric acid. The effect of K was evaluated in respect of length of fruit, diameter of fruit. weight of individual fruit. yield in number and total soluble solids. Application of 1 kg of potash along with 0.5 kg of Nitrogen and 1 kg of phosphoric acid significantly increased the yield, improved the size and quality of the fruits, in the varieties Smooth Green. Chittidar and Lucknow 49. The increase in yield was 114.2. 36.0 and 54.2 per cent in the above varieties respectively.

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