Guava is the fourth most widely grown fruit crop in India. The area under guava is about 0.15 Million ha producing 1.80 MT. The popular varieties of guava are Allahabad Safeda,Lucknoe-49,Nagpur Seedless,Dharwar etc. Bihar is the leading state in guava production with 0.30 MT followed by Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. The other states where guava is grown widely Gujrat, Karnataka, Punjab and Tamilnadu. The fruit exuding a strong, sweet,musky odor when ripe,may be round, ovoid or pear shaped.