IMPROVING FRUIT SET, YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY OF KHADRAWI DATE PALM CULTIVAR

This experiment was carried out during 2015 and 2016 experimental seasons to investigate the effect of spraying with moringa extract at 3%, garlic extract at 3% or ascorbic acid at 300 ppm on fruit set, yield and fruit quality of Khadrawi date palm cultivar. Anyhow, bunches were sprayed at three tim...

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Main Authors: A. Moustafa, N. Abdel-Hamid, A. Abd El-Hamid, M. El-Sonbaty, S. Abd El-Naby
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Language:Arabic
Published: The Union of Arab Universities 2018-04-01
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Online Access:https://ajs.journals.ekb.eg/article_34126_04feed1bbe5373ba50b3bf591d066cc9.pdf
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author A. Moustafa
N. Abdel-Hamid
A. Abd El-Hamid
M. El-Sonbaty
S. Abd El-Naby
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description This experiment was carried out during 2015 and 2016 experimental seasons to investigate the effect of spraying with moringa extract at 3%, garlic extract at 3% or ascorbic acid at 300 ppm on fruit set, yield and fruit quality of Khadrawi date palm cultivar. Anyhow, bunches were sprayed at three times (3 hours before pollination then 4 and 8 weeks after pollination). The present results indicated that spraying date palm bunches with moringa extract or garlic extract recorded the highest initial fruit set in the first and second seasons, respectively. As well as, moringa extract gave the highest fruit retention and yield in both seasons. In addition, all treatments improved some fruit physical characteristics i.e. fruit weight, flesh weight, fruit volume and fruit length compared to the control treatment in the two studied seasons. Also, results showed that moringa extract or ascorbic acid increased TSS%, total sugars % and reducing sugars % in both seasons compared to the control. Meanwhile, the lowest fibers % was obtained by garlic extract in the two seasons. Also, all treatments had no significant effect on total acidity % and tannins content in both seasons.
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spelling doaj.art-72a6b0a6f18541bfa5082951213c7ae42024-03-07T17:39:37ZaraThe Union of Arab UniversitiesArab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences1110-26752636-35852018-04-0126Special issue (2B)1461147010.21608/ajs.2018.3412634126IMPROVING FRUIT SET, YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY OF KHADRAWI DATE PALM CULTIVARA. Moustafa0N. Abdel-Hamid1A. Abd El-Hamid2M. El-Sonbaty3S. Abd El-Naby4Horticultural Crops Technology Dept., National Research Center, Dokki, Giza, EgyptHortic. Dept., Fac. of Agric., Ain Shams Univ., P.O. Box 68, Hadayek Shobra 11241, Cairo, EgyptHortic. Dept., Fac. of Agric., Ain Shams Univ., P.O. Box 68, Hadayek Shobra 11241, Cairo, EgyptHorticultural Crops Technology Dept., National Research Center, Dokki, Giza, EgyptHorticultural Crops Technology Dept., National Research Center, Dokki, Giza, EgyptThis experiment was carried out during 2015 and 2016 experimental seasons to investigate the effect of spraying with moringa extract at 3%, garlic extract at 3% or ascorbic acid at 300 ppm on fruit set, yield and fruit quality of Khadrawi date palm cultivar. Anyhow, bunches were sprayed at three times (3 hours before pollination then 4 and 8 weeks after pollination). The present results indicated that spraying date palm bunches with moringa extract or garlic extract recorded the highest initial fruit set in the first and second seasons, respectively. As well as, moringa extract gave the highest fruit retention and yield in both seasons. In addition, all treatments improved some fruit physical characteristics i.e. fruit weight, flesh weight, fruit volume and fruit length compared to the control treatment in the two studied seasons. Also, results showed that moringa extract or ascorbic acid increased TSS%, total sugars % and reducing sugars % in both seasons compared to the control. Meanwhile, the lowest fibers % was obtained by garlic extract in the two seasons. Also, all treatments had no significant effect on total acidity % and tannins content in both seasons.https://ajs.journals.ekb.eg/article_34126_04feed1bbe5373ba50b3bf591d066cc9.pdfdate palmkhadrawifruit setyieldfruit qualitymoringa extractgarlic extractascorbic acid
spellingShingle A. Moustafa
N. Abdel-Hamid
A. Abd El-Hamid
M. El-Sonbaty
S. Abd El-Naby
IMPROVING FRUIT SET, YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY OF KHADRAWI DATE PALM CULTIVAR
Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences
date palm
khadrawi
fruit set
yield
fruit quality
moringa extract
garlic extract
ascorbic acid
title IMPROVING FRUIT SET, YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY OF KHADRAWI DATE PALM CULTIVAR
title_full IMPROVING FRUIT SET, YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY OF KHADRAWI DATE PALM CULTIVAR
title_fullStr IMPROVING FRUIT SET, YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY OF KHADRAWI DATE PALM CULTIVAR
title_full_unstemmed IMPROVING FRUIT SET, YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY OF KHADRAWI DATE PALM CULTIVAR
title_short IMPROVING FRUIT SET, YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY OF KHADRAWI DATE PALM CULTIVAR
title_sort improving fruit set yield and fruit quality of khadrawi date palm cultivar
topic date palm
khadrawi
fruit set
yield
fruit quality
moringa extract
garlic extract
ascorbic acid
url https://ajs.journals.ekb.eg/article_34126_04feed1bbe5373ba50b3bf591d066cc9.pdf
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