Pant Prabhat
An early, regular-bearing selection with good-quality fruit.
Quick facts
- Crop
- Guava
- Type
- Planting material
- Season
- All seasons
- Starts bearing
- Early winter
- Expected yield
- High
- Suitable soil
- Loam
- Disease resistance
- Moderate
- Release
- GBPUAT, Pantnagar. A seedling selection; the release year is not published.
Actual yield depends on sowing time, soil, irrigation, weather, seed quality and crop management.
About this variety
Pant Prabhat is a seedling selection made at GBPUAT (Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology), Pantnagar, Uttarakhand. The tree is a regular bearer. The fruit is soft-seeded, with a yellow-tinged upper part and white flesh inside. One well-managed tree can give up to 120 kg of fruit.
Should you pick this variety?
Choose Pant Prabhat if you farm in Uttarakhand and want a guava from the Pantnagar university (GBPUAT) that bears regularly and has soft seeds. A single well-managed tree can give up to 120 kg. The fruit has a yellow-tinged top and white flesh inside. The catch is that there is no per-hectare yield, no wilt record and no trial from outside Uttarakhand. Choose Allahabad Safeda or Lucknow-49 if you sell in the wider north Indian market and your buyers already know those names. Choose Lalit if you want a pink, firm fruit.
Sowing & cultivation
Advantages & considerations
Things to consider
- It is a seedling selection, not a cross. The 120 kg figure is for a single well-managed tree, not a per-hectare yield, so do not multiply it by your plant count to plan income.
- It has been used as a breeding parent, for example in the Hissar Safeda × Pant Prabhat cross. The hybrid vigour in that study belongs to the cross, not to Pant Prabhat.
- The state list here shows Uttarakhand only. No trial from other states is published, so plant a small block first if you farm elsewhere.
Suitable regions
States this variety is recommended for — check locally, since a state can have more than one recommended zone.
- Uttarakhand
Plan your income from your own trees, not the 120 kg tree
The 120 kg figure belongs to one well-managed tree. It is the best case. A whole orchard has trees of different ages and vigour.
In the first full-bearing year, pick and weigh the fruit from ten marked trees. Take the average, and multiply that average by your plant count for the next year's plan.
Keep the 120 kg number as a target, not a promise. If your own trees come in well under it, look at water, feeding and pruning first, before blaming the variety.
Where the planting material comes from
This variety is a grafted plant: the variety on top, joined onto a rootstock below. Seed out of its fruit will not come up as this variety, so it cannot be kept as seed. Buy grafted plants from a registered nursery or a government farm, so the plant is true to the variety and free of disease.
How it compares with other varieties
Every Guava variety with a page on this site, side by side. The row for this page is highlighted.
| Variety | Best for | Starts bearing | Yield | States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allahabad Safeda | A white-fleshed table guava for north Indian markets, on land that has never had guava wilt | Bearing from year 2–3 (grafted plant) | 150–200 q/ha at full bearing | Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh |
| Chittidar | An old-orchard replant in Uttar Pradesh where wilt has been a problem and you still want an Allahabad-type fruit | Bearing from year 2–3 (grafted plant) | 130–160 q/ha at full bearing | Uttar Pradesh |
| Lalit | A firm, pink-fleshed guava for fresh sale and for processing, from a CISH release | Winter crop | High | Uttar Pradesh |
| Lucknow-49 (Sardar) | A higher-yielding, more wilt-tolerant replacement for Allahabad Safeda, for north Indian table-fruit orchards | Bearing from year 2–3 (grafted plant) | 180–220 q/ha at full bearing | Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana |
| Pant Prabhatthis page | A regular-bearing, soft-seeded table guava bred at Pantnagar for Uttarakhand | Early winter | High | Uttarakhand |
| Taiwan Pink | An early-bearing pink-fleshed guava for premium and export markets, bought from a private nursery | Managed cropping | Very high | Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh |
| VNR Bihi | A jumbo, firm white-fleshed guava for premium and long-distance markets, from a private nursery | Managed cropping | Very high | Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh |
Tools for this crop
The numbers you need next: how much seed to buy, whether the lot germinates, what the fertilizer bill looks like and what Guava is selling for.
- Seed Rate CalculatorHow much seed your Guava plot needs, corrected for the germination of the lot you bought.
- Seed Variety FinderFilter every Guava variety on this site by state, season, duration and soil.
- Fertilizer CalculatorTurn the NPK recommendation for Guava into bags of urea, DAP and MOP for your field size.
- Crop Profit CalculatorPut your seed, labour and input costs against the yield you expect from this variety.
- Mandi Price CheckerToday's Guava rate in your nearest mandi, before you fix a price with a trader.
Subsidy and government support
Schemes that help with the cost of Guava seed or planting material. Rules and the application route are on each scheme page.
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. That is the top of the range, not an average for every tree.
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 the state list.
When does Pant Prabhat fruit?
It is an early winter crop. Plan your picking for early winter and keep your selling plan ready before the fruit ripens.
Can I grow Pant Prabhat outside Uttarakhand?
No trial from other states is published. It may do well, but no trial has been published. Start with a small block, keep records for a few seasons, and compare it with Allahabad Safeda or Lucknow-49 in the same orchard.
Is 120 kg per tree a realistic number for my orchard?
Treat it as a ceiling. It is the figure for one well-managed tree. Weigh the fruit from a few of your own trees in the first full-bearing year and use your own number for planning.
Pant Prabhat or Allahabad Safeda: which should I plant?
Allahabad Safeda is the fruit most north Indian buyers know, but it has no wilt protection. Pant Prabhat is soft-seeded and a regular bearer, but it is known mainly in Uttarakhand. No head-to-head trial is published, so choose by your market first and your land's wilt history second.
What does soft-seeded mean for the person eating the fruit?
The seeds are soft, so they are easier to chew and leave less to spit out. It is a point you can use when you sell the fruit to families and children. It does not change the yield or the wilt risk.