Pant Prabhat
An early, regular-bearing selection with good-quality fruit. Not yet individually researched for a detail page.
Quick facts
- Crop
- Guava
- Type
- Planting material
- Season
- All seasons
- Maturity period
- Early winter
- Expected yield
- High
- Suitable soil
- Loam
- Release
- GBPUAT, Pantnagar — a seedling selection (exact release year not confirmed this phase)
About this variety
Pant Prabhat is a seedling selection from GBPUAT (Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology), Pantnagar, Uttarakhand — a prolific, regular-bearing tree with soft-seeded fruit that has a yellow-tinged upper portion and a white interior. A single well-managed tree can yield up to 120 kg of fruit.
Key characteristics
Yield & maturity
Maturity period
Early winter
Expected yield
High
Actual yield depends on sowing time, soil, irrigation, weather, seed quality and crop management.
Pest & disease considerations
Major diseases
- Moderate
Advantages & considerations
Things to consider
- Sourced material confirms Pant Prabhat as a GBPUAT seedling selection, not a formal cross, and gives a per-tree yield figure (up to 120 kg) that is not directly comparable to this record's existing 'High' yieldPotential rating (a qualitative band, not a number) — treated as corroborating rather than conflicting.
- Pant Prabhat has since been used as a breeding parent (e.g. in a Hissar Safeda × Pant Prabhat heterosis study) — a sign of its standing in guava breeding programmes, though that study's hybrid-vigour results belong to the cross, not to Pant Prabhat itself, and are not carried into this record.
- No source found this phase that contradicts this record's existing 'Moderate' diseaseResistance rating or its single-state Uttarakhand field — both look consistent with a GBPUAT-bred, regionally-grown selection.
Suitable regions
States this variety is recommended for — check locally, since a state can have more than one recommended zone.
- Uttarakhand
Frequently asked questions
Is Pant Prabhat a hybrid or a selection?
It is a seedling selection made at GBPUAT, Pantnagar — not a formal cross between two named parents.
What does the fruit look like?
A yellow-tinged upper portion with a white interior, soft seeds, and good eating quality.
How much fruit does one Pant Prabhat tree give?
Up to 120 kg from a single well-managed, mature tree, per sourced material.
Has Pant Prabhat been used to breed other guava varieties?
Yes — it has been used as a parent in at least one documented cross (Hissar Safeda × Pant Prabhat) studied for hybrid vigour.
Which state is Pant Prabhat bred for?
Uttarakhand, where GBPUAT Pantnagar is based — consistent with this record's existing states field.