Vol. 12, Issue 6 (2023)

The present study was carried out during the year 2018-19, in Muzaffarnagar district of Western Uttar Pradesh to know the knowledge level of guava orchardists regarding guava cultivation practices. The study was conducted on 80 respondents of various categories and data was collected from the respondents through personal interview method. The study revealed that most of the guava orchardists were having high knowledge about how to judge ripen fruits (81.25 per cent), packing of guava for disposal at long distance market (56.25 per cent), pit size for guava planting (56.25 per cent), planting distance (51.25 per cent), picking of guava fruit (51.25 per cent), filling material in the pit (50.00 per cent). While medium knowledge had about the irrigation management (68.75 per cent), manures and fertilizers application (56.25 per cent), marketing (56.25 per cent), training & pruning of guava plants (55 per cent), major insects/ pests and their control control measurements (51.25 per cent), while, most of the farmers (guava orchardists) moderate adopting of the guava cultivation practices. where are low knowledge was found in application of plant growth regulators (50 per cent), storage of fruit just after harvesting (35 per cent), grading of guava fruits (28.75 per cent), suitable inter crops in guava orchards (22.50 per cent) and major diseases and their control control measurements (18.75 per cent).