Claim · model-written summary
Foliar ZnSO4 at 1.0% increased guava fruit TSS to 12.09 degrees Brix compared with the water-spray control.
- Taxon
- guava
Psidium guajavae0 - Material
- L-49e0
- Treatment
- ZnSO4 at 1.0%e1
- Outcome
- TSSe3
- Direction
- increaseinferrede3
- Value
- 12.09°Brixe3
- Comparator
- water spraye2
Not reportedGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“quality of the L-49 cultivar of guava”
e1“application of ZnSO4 at 1.0%”
e2“Control, i.e. water spray”
e3“TSS (12.09°Brix)”
Title
Shalini Pal; V. K. Tripathi; Manuj Awasthi International Journal of Bio-resource and Stress Management 2026. doi:10.23910/1.2026.6706
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- Intervention effect Foliar ZnSO4 at 1.0% significantly increased the number of flowers per shoot of guava (59.60) compared with the water-spray control.
- Intervention effect Foliar ZnSO4 at 1.0% increased fruit set of guava to 59.73% compared with the water-spray control.
- Intervention effect Foliar ZnSO4 at 1.0% decreased fruit drop of guava to 41.67% compared with the water-spray control.
- Intervention effect Foliar ZnSO4 at 1.0% increased fruit retention of guava to 58.33% compared with the water-spray control.
- Intervention effect Foliar ZnSO4 at 1.0% increased guava fruit weight to 152.40 g compared with the water-spray control.
- Intervention effect Foliar ZnSO4 at 1.0% increased guava fruit length to 7.68 cm compared with the water-spray control.
- Intervention effect Foliar ZnSO4 at 1.0% increased guava fruit width to 7.25 cm compared with the water-spray control.
- Intervention effect Foliar ZnSO4 at 1.0% increased guava fruit volume to 156.84 cc compared with the water-spray control.
- Intervention effect Foliar ZnSO4 at 1.0% increased guava fruit specific gravity to 1.19 g cc-1 compared with the water-spray control.
- Intervention effect Foliar ZnSO4 at 1.0% increased guava fruit yield to 56.84 kg per plant compared with the water-spray control.
- Intervention effect Foliar ZnSO4 at 1.0% increased the pulp proportion of guava fruit to 96.56% compared with the water-spray control.
- Intervention effect Foliar ZnSO4 at 1.0% increased the pulp to seed ratio of guava fruit to 28.14 compared with the water-spray control.
- Intervention effect Foliar ZnSO4 at 1.0% gave the minimum number of seeds per guava fruit (253) compared with the water-spray control.
- Intervention effect Foliar ZnSO4 at 1.0% gave the lowest seed weight per guava fruit (5.23 g) compared with the water-spray control.
- Intervention effect Foliar ZnSO4 at 1.0% increased total sugars of guava fruit to 8.02% compared with the water-spray control.
- Intervention effect Foliar ZnSO4 at 1.0% increased reducing sugars of guava fruit to 3.84% compared with the water-spray control.
- Intervention effect Foliar ZnSO4 at 1.0% increased non-reducing sugars of guava fruit to 4.18% compared with the water-spray control.
- Intervention effect Foliar ZnSO4 at 1.0% decreased titratable acidity of guava fruit to 0.43% compared with the water-spray control.
- Recommendation The authors conclude that ZnSO4 at 1.0% can be used to improve fruiting, overall yield and quality of guava cultivar L-49.