‘Mrig Bahar ‘, or ‘Mrigh Bahar‘ is a term which denotes flowering and fruiting season in Guava crop. Hence, it
is related with the flowering and fruiting cycle in guava. Bahar in guava is synonym to Bahar Season.
Guava can bear maximum 3 crops in a year. The other bahar season in guava is hasta bahar, and the fruit-crops related with the term is pomegranate.
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Main article: Mrig Bahar in Guava
Topic: Mrig Bahar
General Info.: Mrig Bahar in Guava
It is a type of Bahar.
Most Common Name is Mrig Bahar.
It is a unique phenomenon of the tropical and sub-tropical regions.
Identification
The crop of mrig bahar is very easy to identify.
Flowers Flowers appear in Monsoon.
Fruits Fruit size is small.
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Cycle
1. Flowering Season: Flowering appears during June – July. June is the month of early flowering in many regions.
2. Fruiting Season: Fruiting in this bahar starts from November, and continues till the month of February – March.
Flowering and Fruiting
Updating….
1. Guava tree produces three crop in a year, and it is maximum number.
2. Regions, and flowering and fruiting
Table required
1. No. of Flowering 2. Region/State
The formation of fruit
It is first noticed 12 after flowering.
Growth of guava (table required)
(A). Phase 1:
(B). Phase 2:
(C). Phase 3:
Total duration
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Characteristics
1. Fruiting is poor, it is very poor.
2. Fruits are not delicious. Fruits are not tasty in eating.
3. Over all fruit quality is very poor.
4. Fruits are prone to insect-pests attack.
5. Market acceptance is negligible, and it is undesirable.
Insect of Mrig Bahar
1. Fruit fly: The fruit fly or Bactrocera dorsalis is a very harmful pest of guava during monsoon season. The infested fruits rot and fall down.
2. Guava mealy scale: The attack of guava mealy scale (Chloropulvinaria psidii) can be seen during active shoot growth stage or flowering stage in spring season. Severe infestation can cause killing of branches.
Disease of Mrig Bahar
1. Fruit rot: The fungus attacks trees, twigs and branches during rainy season, and the mature fruits are more prone to disease attack.
Crop Regulation
The winter season crop is superior in quality, but the rainy season crop is inferior in quality due to severe attack of fruit fly in rainy season. To get only winter season crop, some practices has to be taken, and this is called guava crop regulation.
Crop regulation practices are as follows:
1. Spray urea @ 10% (10-12 lit. each tree) during May when maximum flowers are opened.
2. Use Nepthalene Acetic Acid @ 600 ppm (10-12 lit. each tree), if urea is not available.
3. Pruning of terminal portions of the shoots up to 20 – 25 cm after the first fortnight April. It helps in avoiding rainy season crop, completely.
4. Inorganic fertilizers are applied during the month of June.
5. Step 4 encourages growth in July-August for getting maximum flowering during August-September for winter season crop.
6. And, finally irrigation should be avoid during April-May.
Questions and Answers
Question 01. Why is it called mrig bahar?
Answer: Due to Mrig.
Question 02. Fruits of which bahar are best in quality?
Answer: Fruits of Mrig bahar are best quality guava fruit.
Question 03. In which phase of fruit development, seeds are formed?
Question: Seeds in the second phase of fruit development.