commercial export and trading of guava fruit, we initiated a guava breeding project and developed new varieties that have much better storage lives and emit fewer odors than the traditional locally grown variety ( Zipori et al., 2006 ). Two of these new
maroon-leaved dwarf cultivar derived from a cross between KUHP25 and KUHP19 made in 2001 by the guava breeding program of the Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture at Kamphaeng Saen, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakhon Pathom
during dehydration stress ( Close, 1997 ; Danyluk et al., 1998 ; Peng et al., 2008 ; Rinne et al., 1999 ). Guava ( Psidium guajava L.), which belongs to the Myrtaceae family, is a small evergreen tree ( Morton, 1987a ; Yadava, 1996 ). Guava can
persimmon ( FAOSTAT, 2013 ). An organized chestnut breeding program started in 1947 at the National Institute of Fruit Tree Science in Japan and continues at the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) Institute of Fruit Tree Science
, especially in crosses involving a triploid ( Ezura et al., 1994 ; Henry et al., 2009 ; Vogt and Rowe, 2011 ). Aneuploid has also been reported in some fruit trees, such as guava ( Mohammed, 1974 ), apple ( Chagné et al., 2015 ; Zhang and Sungmin, 2009
) characterized two new guava varieties selected from a guava breeding program in Israel, the red-flesh King and white-flesh Omri, that have better postharvest storage lives and appeared to exhibit either suppressed-climacteric or non-climacteric physiological
) , who performed a study of the genetic diversity of Pakistani guava ( Psidium guajava L.) germplasm and its implications for conservation and breeding, reported extensive morphological variability, with a cv range between 15.62% and 44.3%. In our work
19 lines in 2017. It was tested under the line designation ‘LA18-100’. The female lineage is ‘07-146’ or ‘Bayou Belle’ (LaBonte et al. 2013b) from the Louisiana State University AgCenter Sweetpotato Breeding Program. The male parent is unknown
different seed orientations and different burial depths in litchi. Discussion Importance of soaking in seed germination. The technique of soaking seeds before sowing is often used in agricultural practices, such as in pitaya, coconut, guava, and Magonia
defoliation in the two consecutive growing seasons, demonstrating its consistent efficacy as a defoliant for blackberry. The high effectiveness of urea in inducing defoliation is reported in many crops, including sugar apple, guava ( Psidium guajava L.), and