EFFECT OF CALCIUM AND POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS ON SUGAR (REDUCING, NON-REDUCING AND TOTAL SUGAR) OF GUAVA (Psidium guajava L.) cv. L-49

S.K. VISHWAKARMA¹, S.K. CHAUDHARY², M.P. YADAV³, M.K. YADAV⁴*, B.K. SINGH^5
1Department of Horticulture, Janta College, Bakewar, 206124, Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur, 208025, Uttar Pradesh, India
²Department of Horticulture, Janta College, Bakewar, 206124, Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur, 208025, Uttar Pradesh, India
³Department of Horticulture, Janta College, Bakewar, 206124, Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur, 208025, Uttar Pradesh, India
⁴Department of Plant Pathology, Janta College, Bakewar, 206124, Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur, 208025, Uttar Pradesh, India
⁵Department of Horticulture, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, Uttar Pradesh, India
* Corresponding Author : manojbhu87@gmail.com

Received : 01-09-2018     Accepted : 13-09-2018     Published : 15-09-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 17       Pages : 7035 - 7036
Int J Agr Sci 10.17 (2018):7035-7036

Keywords : Calcium, Potassium, Psidium guajava
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to Department of Horticulture, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005 Uttar Pradesh.
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

An experiment was conducted to find out the effect of calcium and potassium compounds on sugar (reducing, non-reducing and total sugar) of winter season guava. The experiment was laid out with fourteen treatment comprising six nutrients namely calcium chloride, calcium nitrate, calcium sulphate, potassium chloride, potassium nitrate, potassium along with water spray and two concentration (1 and 1.5%) of each nutrient, water sprayer with control. Significant improvement in different sugar content of fruits were recorded with higher concentration of potassium nitrate (1.5 %) followed by calcium nitrate (1.5 %) for reducing sugar content (4.50 and 4.43 %), non-reducing (4.59 and 4.8 %) and total sugar (9.09 and 9.24 %) in treatment T10.

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