Beta
275363

EFFECT OF SPRAYING GIBBERELLIC ACID AND WETTING AGENT FILM ON YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY OF ZAGHLOUL DATE PALMS UNDER ASSIUT CLIMATIC CONDITIONS

Article

Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

Subjects

-

Tags

Horticulture (Vegetable, Pomology and Ornamentals)

Abstract

The aim of this study was to maximize yield and improve fruit quality of Zaghloul date palms by spraying GA3 (50 ppm) or Sida Film (as wetting agent, 1 cm3/1L) at three different growth stages of dates (Hababouk, Kimri and Khelal stages). Therefore, this investigation was carried out at the Fruit Orchard, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University in 2001 and 2002 on twenty one palms using split-plot arrangement of complete randomized block design (CRB) with 3 replicates, one palm each.  The chosen palms were pollinated with a known male palm leaving 9 bunches/palm with 8:1 leaf/bunch ratio throughout the two studied seasons.  According to the obtained results from this study, it could be concluded that all treatments with GA3 or Sida film significantly increased bunch weight and consequently yield weight/palm.  Moreover, GA3 was superior than Sida film and it was more effective at the 1st growth stage of dates (Hababouk stage).  In addition, either GA3 or Sida film resulted in significant increase in physical characters of fruits, and showed no constant effect on chemical characters of Zaghloul dates.  These results are important for economic and horticultural point view.  It could be recommended under these conditions and the resembling conditions that spraying either GA3 (50 ppm)or Sida film (1 cm3/1L) at Hababouk stage was useful to get high yield with good dates quality.

DOI

10.21608/ajas.2006.275363

Keywords

Zaghloul date palms, wetting agent, Bunch weight, yield, fruit quality

Authors

First Name

Farouk

Last Name

M.A. Mostafa

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Hort. Depart., Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

37

Article Issue

4

Related Issue

38264

Issue Date

2006-12-01

Receive Date

2006-02-08

Publish Date

2006-12-01

Page Start

173

Page End

187

Print ISSN

1110-0486

Online ISSN

2356-9840

Link

https://ajas.journals.ekb.eg/article_275363.html

Detail API

https://ajas.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=275363

Order

11

Type

Original Article

Type Code

62

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences

Publication Link

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

MainTitle

EFFECT OF SPRAYING GIBBERELLIC ACID AND WETTING AGENT FILM ON YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY OF ZAGHLOUL DATE PALMS UNDER ASSIUT CLIMATIC CONDITIONS

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023