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GuavaCrystalsarefromTaiwan,released byministryofAgricultureDecreeNo.540
/Kpts/SR.120/9/2007.GuavaCrystalvarietiesare very prospective forcommercial developmentbecauseitcanproduce throughtheyearandhasahighvitaminCcontent. Increasingpublicawarenessoftheimportanceofconsumingfreshfruitforhealthincrease the market demandforfreshfruit.Butthe highdemandforfreshguavafruitisnotsupported bytheproduction offreshfruiteveryyear.Continueddecliningguavaproductionrequires theimprovementofcultivationtechniquessothat thequalityandquantityofguavafruit increases. ThisneedstoImprove ofcultivationtechniquesformeetthe needsoffreshguava. One ofsimplestcultivationtechniquestoimprovethe yieldofCrystalguavaispruning. This research intendtodetermine the effectofcroplengthonthe growthoflateralshootsandthe flowering of Crystal guava.
ThisresearchwasconductedinDecember2016untilMarch2017at guavaplantation locatedinBentiringSub-ProvinceofBengkuluProvince.ResearchusedRAKLwithone singlefactor.The factorislengthofpruning,whichcomprisedoffourlevels10cm,20cm,30 cm,40cmandcontrol.The resultsofthisstudyindicatedthatthe numberofshootsmost grownonbrancheswith 40cmlongtrimmingof 2.87shoots.Mostflowersaregeneratedon brancheswithcuttinglengthsof30cm,40cm andnottrimmed.Butbrancheswith30cm long cutsexperiencedthe mostnumberoffallenfruitswitha95% percentage ofunshelled branches.Themostfruit isproducedonbranchesthatarenotprunedthatisasmuchas8.7 will fruit.
Keyword:Guava Crystals, Long Prune, Lateral Shoots, Flowering
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