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Improving Washington Navel Orange Fruits by Some Natural Pre-Harvest Foliar Applications A- Mineral Content, Yield and Fruit Quality

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Last updated: 23 Jan 2023

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Crops and quality

Abstract

This investigation was carried out during the two successive seasons of (2013 and 2014) on 20-years-old Washington Navel orange (Citrus sinensis L. Osbeck) trees budded on sour orange (Citrus aurantium L.) rootstock grown in clay soil in a private orchard at Kafr El-Dawar region, EL-Behira Governorate, Egypt,  to improve mineral contents, yield and fruit quality by pre-harvest foliar applications with Putrescine at (2, 4 and 6 mM), Spermine at (2, 4 and 6 mM), Jasmine Oil at (0.04, 0.06 and 0.08 %),  Thyme Oil at (0.04, 0.06 and 0.08 %),  Garlic Extract at (1, 1.5 and 2 %), Clove Extract at (1, 1.5 and 2 %), Algaefol Extract at (1, 1.5 and 2 %), Jisamar Extract at (1, 1.5 and 2 %) and control (untreated trees).
Four foliar spraying were carried on trees from each treatment as follows, the first application was just at full bloom for Washington Navel orange trees. The second application was after 30 days from the first one, the third application was after 30 days from the second and the fourth application was before 45 days from the harvest date. The obtained results revealed that all foliar applications improved leaf mineral contents and increased yield as (number of fruits and weight kg per tree), average fruit weight compared with control, while it clearly decreased pre-harvest fruit drop during two seasons. Moreover, it improved TSS, acidity, vitamin C, TSS/Acid ratio, total sugars, reducing sugars and non-reducing sugars contents compared with the control. In addition, the two higher concentrations of all treatments were more effective than the low concentration on improving yield, mineral content and fruit quality of Washington Navel orange fruits.

DOI

10.21608/jalexu.2015.161143

Keywords

Washington Navel orange, Polyamines, Jasmine oil, Thyme oil, garlic extract, Clove Extract, seaweed extract

Authors

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Thanaa

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MiddleName

Moustafa Darwish

Affiliation

Faculty of Agriculture Saba basha- Alexandria University

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prof.dr.sanaamoustafadarwishezz@alexu.edu.eg

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=IF(J131="Egypt", "Alexandria", )

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First Name

Mahmoud

Last Name

Ali

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Plant Production Department - Faculty of Agriculture (Saba Basha) - Alexandria University

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prof.dr.mohmoudahmedali@alexu.edu.eg

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First Name

Ekbal

Last Name

Ahmed

MiddleName

Zakaria Ali

Affiliation

Sabahia Horticulture Research Station, Alexandria – Agriculture Research Centre

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First Name

Rehab

Last Name

AbdElHadi Awad

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Plant Production Department - Faculty of Agriculture (Saba Basha) - Alexandria University

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dr.rehabmohmedabdelhadi@alexu.edu.eg

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First Name

Mahmoud

Last Name

Abd El-Gawad

MiddleName

Gomaa

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Sabahia Horticulture Research Station, Alexandria – Agriculture Research Centre

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Volume

20

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1

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23562

Issue Date

2015-03-01

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2015-01-11

Publish Date

2015-03-31

Page Start

66

Page End

85

Print ISSN

1110-5585

Online ISSN

2785-9525

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6

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Research papers

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1,789

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Journal

Publication Title

Journal of the Advances in Agricultural Researches

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https://jalexu.journals.ekb.eg/

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23 Jan 2023