Effect of Pollinator Strands Number on Fruit Set, Bunch Weight and Fruit Quality of “Sewy” Date Palm
Abdelghany, A., Badawy, S., Radwan, E. (2022). Effect of Pollinator Strands Number on Fruit Set, Bunch Weight and Fruit Quality of “Sewy” Date Palm. EKB Journal Management System, 53(4), 71-78. doi: 10.21608/ajas.2022.144804.1153
Ahmed M.M. Abdelghany; Sabah M. Badawy; Essam M.A. Radwan. "Effect of Pollinator Strands Number on Fruit Set, Bunch Weight and Fruit Quality of “Sewy” Date Palm". EKB Journal Management System, 53, 4, 2022, 71-78. doi: 10.21608/ajas.2022.144804.1153
Abdelghany, A., Badawy, S., Radwan, E. (2022). 'Effect of Pollinator Strands Number on Fruit Set, Bunch Weight and Fruit Quality of “Sewy” Date Palm', EKB Journal Management System, 53(4), pp. 71-78. doi: 10.21608/ajas.2022.144804.1153
Abdelghany, A., Badawy, S., Radwan, E. Effect of Pollinator Strands Number on Fruit Set, Bunch Weight and Fruit Quality of “Sewy” Date Palm. EKB Journal Management System, 2022; 53(4): 71-78. doi: 10.21608/ajas.2022.144804.1153

Effect of Pollinator Strands Number on Fruit Set, Bunch Weight and Fruit Quality of “Sewy” Date Palm

Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences
Article 6, Volume 53, Issue 4, October 2022, Page 71-78  XML PDF (419.25 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ajas.2022.144804.1153
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Authors
Ahmed M.M. Abdelghany email 1; Sabah M. Badawy2; Essam M.A. Radwan3
1Pomology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Egypt.
2Agricultural Research Center, Shandaweel Island, Sohag, Egypt.
3Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, New Valley University, Egypt.
Abstract
Pollination is important process for date palm in terms of their influence on fruit development, quality and yield, as well as the organization’s yearly tree bearing. The development of pollination technology, which results in a reasonable level of fruit set with the use of a small number of pollen grains, is necessary to improve the productivity of date palms, especially in arid conditions. This experiment was done on Sewy date palm for both progressive seasons 2020 and 2021 at Pomology department’s farm, Assiut Governorate, Egypt. The influence of strand number on fruit Physico-chemical properties was tested. Seven levels of pollination were applied as 2, 4, 6,8,10 and 12 strands/ inflorescences.
The results illustrated that the initial and final fruit set percentages, bunch weight and final crop/palm increased significantly by increasing pollination levels in both experimental seasons by treatment of 14 strands/inflorescence compared to the check treatment (8 strands/inflorescence), whereas; fruit, seed and pulp weight; TSS, acidity and sugars content decreased significantly by the same treatment (except for acidity in the 1st season and non-reducing sugars in the 2nd season).
Hence, it could be concluded that pollination with 14 male strands should be possible to gain an inclusive yield and quality and increase the efficiency of the pollination process of Sewy date palms.
Keywords
Inflorescences; Pollination density; Phoenix dactylifera
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