Growth, yield and quality of various guava (Psidium guajava']java L.) hybrids/cultivars under mid hills of Meghalaya

Five year old six guava hybrids/cultivars viz. Hybrid-1, Hybrid-2, Hybrid-11, Allahabad Safeda, L-49 and EC-12 were evaluated with respect to growth, yield and quality traits of fruit. Hybrid-11 was found superior in stem diameter (8.51 cm), mean tree spread (2.68 m) and yield (18.50 kg/tree), while cultivar's L-49 was found better in fruit weight (152.50 g), fruit length (6.56 cm) and fruit diameter (6.91 cm). However, Hybrid-1 was found better in quality traits like T.S.S. (10.40%), vitamin 'C' (296 mg/100 g), reducing sugar (2.67%), non-reducing sugar (5.37%) and total sugar (8.77%). The fruit of Hybrid-1 was found excellent in quality with high sweetness, less seed content and soft flesh texture as compared to other hybrids/cultivars.