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Response of Navel Orange Trees to Potassium Silicate Application

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Horticulture (Vegetable, Pomology and Ornamentals)

Abstract

This study was conducted during 2014 and 2015 seasons to test the effect of different concentrations (0.05 & 0.1 & 0.2%) and frequencies of application (twice or thrice) of potassium silicate on fruiting of Navel orange tree s grown under Bani-Suef environmental conditions.  Carrying out two or three sprays of potassium silicate at 0.05 to 0.2% had material promotion on all vegetative growth aspects, leaf pigments and nutrients, fruit setting %, yield and both physical and chemical characteristics of the fruits over the check treatment. The promotion was related to the increase in both concentrations and frequencies of application of potassium silicate. All the investigated characteristics were unaffected by increasing concentrations of potassium silicate from 0.1 to 0.2% and frequencies of application from twice to thrice.   Carrying out two sprays of potassium silicate at 0.1% on the middle of March and April gave the best results with regard to yield and fruit quality of Navel orange trees grown under Bani-Suef conditions.

DOI

10.21608/ajas.2016.2602

Keywords

Navel oranges, potassium silicate, Concentrations, frequencies, yield, fruit quality

Volume

47

Article Issue

6-1

Related Issue

454

Issue Date

2016-12-01

Receive Date

2016-11-20

Publish Date

2016-12-01

Page Start

164

Page End

172

Print ISSN

1110-0486

Online ISSN

2356-9840

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https://ajas.journals.ekb.eg/article_2602.html

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https://ajas.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=2602

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62

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences

Publication Link

https://ajas.journals.ekb.eg/

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Response of Navel Orange Trees to Potassium Silicate Application

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22 Jan 2023