_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: amarnathsri556@gmail.com; Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology 39(30): 114-123, 2020; Article no.CJAST.61922 ISSN: 2457-1024 (Past name: British Journal of Applied Science & Technology, Past ISSN: 2231-0843, NLM ID: 101664541) Effect of Pruning in Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) for Shoot Growth, Flowering and Fruit Yield K. S. Amarnath 1* , Saket Mishra 1 and Ravi Kumar Singh 1 1 Department of Horticulture, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj – 211007, India. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/CJAST/2020/v39i3030979 Editor(s): (1) Dr. Orlando Manuel da Costa Gomes, Lisbon Accounting and Business School (ISCAL), Lisbon Polytechnic Institute, Portugal. (2) Dr. Tushar Ranjan, Bihar Agricultural University, India. Reviewers: (1) Uasley Caldas De Oliveira, University State of Feira de Santana, Brazil. (2) Homero Ramírez, Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, México. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sdiarticle4.com/review-history/61922 Received 29 July 2020 Accepted 04 October 2020 Published 06 October 2020 ABSTRACT The present experiment was carried out during December 2018 to May 2019 in Central Research Field, Department of Horticulture, SHUATS, Prayagraj. it is concluded that treatment T 2 (20 cm pruning) was best in terms of vegetative growth parameters like plant height, plant spread, number of branches etc. and treatment T 4 (40 cm pruning) was best in terms of earliness and fruit yield parameters, in terms of quality treatment T 3 (30 cm pruning) was best. In terms of economics treatment T 4 (40 cm pruning) recorded maximum benefit and cost benefit ratio. Keywords: Treatments; vegetative parameters; yield and quality. 1. INTRODUCTION Pomegranate (P. granatum L.) belongs to the family Punicaceae, subclass Rosidae and order Myrtales, is the only known genus of the family. It is a genus of large shrubs or small trees with 2 species. One is Punica protopunica which is wild type found in Socotra Island of the Arabian Peninsula, and is considered as an ancestral species [1] and the other is P. granatum Original Research Article