Author(s):

NC Sushmitha, Jagannath, A Mamatha and U Premchand

Abstract: Foliar application of secondary and Micronutrient in Guava is gaining more importance in recent years in a different part of the world because due to Guava orchards have chronically affected by nutritional deficiency in the large area since imbalanced nutrient the quality of fruit is reducing. Thus, a percent study on the effect of foliar application of secondary and micronutrients on Reducing sugar, non-reducing sugar, total sugar and sugar to acid ratio of guava cv. Allahabad Safeda is undertaken with fourteen treatments combination and replicated thrice which was carried out at Regional Horticultural Research and Extension Centre, Bangalore from August 2014 to March 2015. The results showed that there was significantly influenced by the foliar application of secondary and micronutrients on the application of RDF+ Foliar spray of Zn+Mg+Mn @ 0.75% + Cu +Fe @ 0.5+MAP 0.5% was recorded the maximum reducing and non- reducing sugar (3.58% and 5.93%). Total sugar and sugar to an acid ratio (9.51 and 26.26) respectively. While the minimum in reducing and non- reducing sugar (2.29% and 4.33%). Total sugar and sugar to an acid ratio (6.62 and 12.84) was recorded in RDF+ Foliar spray of Zn+DAP @ 0.5% treatment respectively.

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