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A clear guava juice with all the ascorbic acid and other properties undamaged by excessive heat, is made in South Africa by trimming and mincing guavas, mixing with a natural fungal enzyme (now available under various trade names), letting stand for 18 hours at 120º to 130º F (49º-54º C) and filtering. Anthracnose. Glomerella graminicola [teleomorph] Glomerella tucumanensis Glomerella falcatum [anamorph] Aspergillus ear and kernel rot Aspergillus flavus: Banded leaf and sheath spot Rhizoctonia solani = … and the guava scale, but this and other scale insects are generally kept under control by their natural enemies. When specimens of the same lot of fruits are fully ripe and soft, it may decline to 50-100 mg. Canning or other heat processing destroys about 50% of the ascorbic acid. Light pruning is always recommended to develop a strong framework, and suckers should also be eliminated around the base. Or one can merely cut through roots in the ground 2 to 3 ft (0.6-0.9 m) away from the tree trunk; the cut ends will sprout and can be dug up and transplanted. In recent years, the Cooperative Extension Service in Dade County, Florida, has distributed wasps that attack the larvae and pupae of the Caribbean fruit fly and have somewhat reduced the menace. It is good fuelwood. Wilt is also caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. psidii which invades the trunk and roots through tunnels bored by the larvae of Coelosterna beetles. Using both, 87% success has been achieved. Zinc deficiency may be conspicuous when the guava is grown on light soils. In Palestine, the trees are cut back to 6 1/2 ft (2 m) every other spring to facilitate harvesting without ladders. On vegetables, it can affect any part of the plant. Treated softwood cuttings will also root well in intermittent mist. 'Hart', fairly large, with pale-yellow flesh, and 8% sugar content. 'Miami Red' and 'Miami White', large, nearly odorless and thick-fleshed, were released by the University of Miami's Experimental Farm in 1954. If plant disease is suspected, careful attention to plant appearance can give a good clue regarding the type of pathogen involved. 'Red-fleshed'of medium size with many (about 567) fairly soft seeds; high in pectin and good for jelly; not suitable for canning. Macrophomina sp. In Colombia, the cultivars 'Puerto Rico', 'Rojo Africano', and 'Agrio', all yield over 2,200 fruits annually. Fruit rot. Among red-fleshed cultivars in India there are: 'Anakapalle'small, with thin, red flesh, many seeds; not suitable for canning. Crushed leaves are applied on wounds, ulcers and rheumatic places, and leaves are chewed to relieve toothache. 0000470459 00000 n
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The Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) is an autonomous organization acting as a nodal agency for basic, strategic, anticipatory and applied research on various aspects of horticulture such as fruits, vegetable, ornamental, medicinal and aromatic plants and mushrooms in India. Sometimes aphids are prevalent, sucking the sap from the underside of the leaves of new shoots and excreting honeydew on which sooty mold develops. Anthracnose (Colletotrichum gloeosporioides) may attack the fruits in the rainy season. After 2 months, the shoots are separated and planted out. Other white-fleshed guavas with poor canning qualities are: 'Dharwar', 'Mirzapuri', 'Nasik', 'Sindh', and 'White Supreme X Ruby'. h�b```b``+a`c`baa@ �dž��9'��2���f� �T(R lm`�v�/�̌
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The red-banded thrips feed on leaves and the fruit surface. has been linked to fruit rot in Venezuela and Gliocladium roseum has been identified on rotting fruits on the market in India. Older trees, killed to the ground, have sent up new shoots which fruited 2 years later. 0000004680 00000 n
Pestalotia psidii sometimes causes canker on green guavas in India and rots fruits in storage. 'Supreme' X 'Ruby'medium, sub-ovoid, white-fleshed; unremarkable except for high productivity. Halves are firm, good for canning. A famous guava, widely planted, but susceptible to wilt and branches are brittle and break readily. 'Kothrud'of medium size with medium thick, red flesh; moderate amount of seeds; not suitable for canning. In Trinidad, a large, white-fleshed type is known as 'Cayenne'. and also a source of charcoal. Willim Whitman brought in a grafted plant from Java in 1954 which grew well, fruited and was the source of propagating material. If done in July, only 70%. Guava trees are seriously damaged by the citrus flat mite, Brevipa1pus californicus in Egypt. Severe losses are occasioned in India by birds and bats and some efforts are made to protect the crop by nets or noisemakers. The fruit, exuding a strong, sweet, musky odor when ripe, may be round, ovoid, or pear-shaped, 2 to 4 in (5-10 cm) long, with 4 or 5 protruding floral remnants (sepals) at the apex; and thin, light-yellow skin, frequently blushed with pink. It was soon adopted as a crop in Asia and in warm parts of Africa. 0000006970 00000 n
The leaf infusion is prescribed in India in cerebral ailments, nephritis and cachexia. The larvae of the guava shoot borer penetrates the tender twigs, killing the shoots. Guava wilt. Seedlings are transplanted when 2 to 30 in (5-75 cm) high and set out in the field when 1 or 2 years old. The symptoms of the disease have been described in detail. Guavas are known for their sweet, tangy flavor and variety of uses ranging from guava juice to guava jelly, but there’s much more to this fruit than meets the eye. 'Acid Speer'large, round, with pale-yellow flesh; acid; recommended only as source of pectin. They often germinate in 2 to 3 weeks but may take as long as 8 weeks. Dehydrated guavas may be reduced to a powder which can be used to flavor ice cream, confections and fruit juices, or boiled with sugar to make jelly, or utilized as pectin to make jelly of low-pectin fruits. 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