04 Mar Branch bending: A simple technique for crop regulation in guava
अमरूद में फसल नियमितिकरण के लिए एक सरल तकनीक: ब्रांच बैंडिग या शाखा मोडना Guava (Psidium guajava L.) is a commercially important fruit crop belonging to the family Myrtaceae. It is widely grown all over the tropical and subtropical parts of India viz., Maharashtra, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka. Over the past decade (2001 -2010) there has been a 1.3 fold increase in area (0.16 to 0.21 million hectares) and 1.4 fold increase in production (1.72 to 2.46 million tonnes) of guava. However, its productivity has not yet increased significantly. Among several reasons for low productivity, non-adoption of crop regulation...