Influence of foliar application with moringa (Moringa oleifera L.) aqueous leaf extract on fruit set, yield and fruit quality of Selmy date palms. | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Chemistry | ||
| Article 12, Volume 65, Issue 9, September 2022, Pages 119-126 PDF (294.31 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejchem.2022.109732.5006 | ||
| Authors | ||
| A.Y.I. Thabet* ; Rasha S. Abdel-Hak; N.E. Ashour; H.S.A. Hassan | ||
| Pomology Department, National Research Centre (NRC), Dokki, Giza, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study was conducted on Selmy date palms (Phoenix dactylifera L.) cultivated on sandy soil in a private orchard located at 63 kilometers from Cairo-Alexandria-desert road, Egypt, during 2018 and 2019 seasons. Palms were sprayed with 0, 5, 6 and 7% of moringa aqueous leaf extract (MALE) at three hours before pollination then four and eight weeks after pollination. Palms treated with 6% MALE exhibited significantly higher fruit setting %, fruit retention %, bunch weight (g), yield/palm (kg), soluble solids %, total sugars %, reducing and non- reducing sugars % compared with the untreated palms in both seasons. Also, overall acidity was not affected by any of these treatments. It could be concluded that foliar spray of 6% MALE can be employed to enhance fruit set retention, yield/palm as kg, total soluble solids % and total sugars % of Selmy date palms. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Moringa aqueous leaf extract; fruit quality; and Selmy date palm | ||
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