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EVALUATION OF SOME MALE TYPES AS POLLINATORS FOR BARHI DATE PALM cv. GROWN IN EGYPT

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Four different date palm male types were chosen to evaluate which male could be recommended to use as a pollinator for Barhi date palm cv. grown in Egypt. Three male types namely Ghanamy, Fard and Boyr were grown in the Fruit Trees Experimental Station at Dibba, Fojaira, UAE, and the fourth male was an individual Sewy satellite seedling grown in Egypt. Number of spathe/palm; spathe weight, length, & width ; pollen grains weight / spathe ; average of strand length as well as pollen grains germination % were determined for each male date palm tree from each male type . Moreover, pollen grains from each male type were used as a pollinator to evaluate their effect on fruit set and fruit quality of Barhi date palm cv. This study was carried out during both 2004&2005 seasons. Data showed that both Ghanamy and Fard male type were superior in their morphological characters as compared with Boyr or Sewy satellite seedling male type. Boyr male type showed the lowest values of morphological characters. On the other hand, there were no great differences in pollen grains germination percentage. Moreover, the results clearly indicated that Ghanamy pollen recorded the highest significant fruit set percentage and bunch weight (Kg) in both seasons of study. While, Fard pollen produced the highest fruit weight (g), length, diameter, flesh weight& thickness and flesh %. Boyr and Sewy pollen showed the highest ratio of fruit length / diameter in both seasons. Data also revealed that dates that were picked from bunches pollinated with Fard pollen had the highest total soluble salts (T.S.S) value and the lowest tannins content.

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10.21608/ajs.2006.15573

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date palm, Male types, fruit set, fruit quality, Barhi cv

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Al-Hamoudi

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Min. of Agric. & Fisheries, UAE

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El-Hammady

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Dept. of Hort. , Fac. of Agric., Ain Shams Univ., Shoubra El-Kheima, Cairo Egypt

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Desouky

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Dept. of Hort. , Fac. of Agric., Ain Shams Univ., Shoubra El-Kheima, Cairo Egypt

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. Abdel-Hamid

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Dept. of Hort. , Fac. of Agric., Ain Shams Univ., Shoubra El-Kheima, Cairo Egypt

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14

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3228

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2006-03-01

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2005-11-27

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2006-03-01

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365

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377

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1110-2675

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2636-3585

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Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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EVALUATION OF SOME MALE TYPES AS POLLINATORS FOR BARHI DATE PALM cv. GROWN IN EGYPT

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22 Jan 2023