International Science Community Association Research Journal of Recent Sciences 2277 - 2502 6 6 2017 06 2 A review on impact of preharvest foliar sprays of macronutrients on yield and quality improvement of fruit crops 43 56 EN Pachauri Tripti 1 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Dayalbagh, Agra 282 110, India Lakhani Anita 2 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Dayalbagh, Agra 282 110, India Kumari K. Maharaj 3 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Dayalbagh, Agra 282 110, India Agyarko Kofi 1 University of Education, Winneba, College of Agriculture Education, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences Education, Ashanti, Ghana Abunyewa Akwasi A. 2 Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources, Department of Agroforestry, Kumasi, Ghana Bora Zinekena S.T. Tii 3 University of Education, Winneba, College of Agriculture Education, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences Education, Ashanti, Ghana Asare John 4 University of Education, Winneba, College of Agriculture Education, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences Education, Ashanti, Ghana Boakye Albert K. 5 University of Education, Winneba, College of Agriculture Education, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences Education, Ashanti, Ghana Abankwa Randy Y. 6 University of Education, Winneba, College of Agriculture Education, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences Education, Ashanti, Ghana Kaur Balwinder 1 Department of Chemistry, Punjabi University Patiala-147 002, Punjab, India Singh Karamjit 2 Department of Physics, Punjabi University Patiala-147 002, Punjab, India Malik Ashok Kumar 3 Department of Chemistry, Punjabi University Patiala-147 002, Punjab, India Pandya Krishna Y. 1 Sophisticated Instrumentation Centre for Applied Research and Testing, Vallabh vidhyanagar-388120, Gujarat, India and Department of Biology, V.P. Science College, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidhyanagar-388120, Gujarat, India Patel Rinku V. 2 Sophisticated Instrumentation Centre for Applied Research and Testing, Vallabh vidhyanagar-388120, Gujarat, India and Department of Biology, V.P. Science College, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidhyanagar-388120, Gujarat, India Jasrai Rakesh T. 3 Department of Chemistry, R.K. Parikh Arts and Science College, Sardar Patel University, Petlad-388450, Gujarat, India Brahmbhatt Nayana 4 Department of Biology, V.P. Science College, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidhyanagar-388120, Gujarat, India Sharmila S. Ghangale 1 Department of Environmental Science & Research Centre, K.T.H.M. College, Nashik, India A.D. Bholay 2 Department of Microbiology, K.T.H.M. College, Nashik, India P.M. Nalawade 3 Department of Environmental Science & Research Centre, K.T.H.M. College, Nashik, India Khatri Aastha 1 Dept. of Home Science Extension and Communication Management, College of Home Science, MPUAT, Udaipur, Rajasthan-313001, India Khan Pervaiz 1 Law Department, Bahria University, Islamabad, Pakistan Kasi Mirwais 2 International Relations Department, University of Balochistan, Pakistan Tripathi Anjali 1 Department of Horticulture, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125004, India Uniyal Shweta 2 Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, GBPUAT, Pantnagar - 263145, Uttarakhand, India Sajwan Paramjeet 3 Dept. of Horticulture, Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry, College of Forestry Ranichauri, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India Negi Sanjay Singh 4 Dept. of Horticulture, Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry, College of Forestry Ranichauri, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India > Review Paper 2017 4 30 2017 06 2 The aim of this paper is to review the current knowledge on the responses of preharvest foliar sprays of macronutrients on yield and quality improvement of fruit crops. Foliar application of nutrients gives more effective and extravagant result to enhance the production, productivity and quality of fruits than soil application. The application nutrients on fruits has received a substantial attention in current years because of their role in enhancing the yield and producing high quality of fruits. The major nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and calcium can be uniformly applied either through foliar applications or fertigation and have major effect on fruit quality. Nutrition has play a very important role to reduce the physiological disorders like reduced respiration, delayed ripening and increasing fruit firmness, thereby enhancing the storage and shelf-life of fruits. Copyright@ International Science Community Association