Effect of foliar spray of urea and Potassium Citrate on fruiting of Barhee Date palm
Fawaz, D., El-Salhy, A., Saeed, H., El-Harith, O. (2024). Effect of foliar spray of urea and Potassium Citrate on fruiting of Barhee Date palm. EKB Journal Management System, 4(2), 140-150. doi: 10.21608/aujst.2024.270513.1084
Doaa mohamed Fawaz; Abdel-Fattah Mostafa El-Salhy; Hussein Hemdan Saeed; omar El-Harith. "Effect of foliar spray of urea and Potassium Citrate on fruiting of Barhee Date palm". EKB Journal Management System, 4, 2, 2024, 140-150. doi: 10.21608/aujst.2024.270513.1084
Fawaz, D., El-Salhy, A., Saeed, H., El-Harith, O. (2024). 'Effect of foliar spray of urea and Potassium Citrate on fruiting of Barhee Date palm', EKB Journal Management System, 4(2), pp. 140-150. doi: 10.21608/aujst.2024.270513.1084
Fawaz, D., El-Salhy, A., Saeed, H., El-Harith, O. Effect of foliar spray of urea and Potassium Citrate on fruiting of Barhee Date palm. EKB Journal Management System, 2024; 4(2): 140-150. doi: 10.21608/aujst.2024.270513.1084

Effect of foliar spray of urea and Potassium Citrate on fruiting of Barhee Date palm

Aswan University Journal of Sciences and Technology
Volume 4, Issue 2, June 2024, Page 140-150  XML PDF (1.25 MB)
Document Type: Original papers
DOI: 10.21608/aujst.2024.270513.1084
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Authors
Doaa mohamed Fawaz email 1; Abdel-Fattah Mostafa El-Salhy2; Hussein Hemdan Saeed3; omar El-Harith4
1Horticulture department, faculty of agriculture and natural resources, Aswan university
2Department of Pomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University
3Associate Professor of Pomology, Faculty of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Aswan University
4First Researcher Horticultural Research Institute Agricultural Research Center
Abstract
The objective of the present study is to investigate the promotive effect of spraying Barhee date palm bunches with urea and potassium citrate on yield and fruit physical and chemical characteristics. The present study was carried out during 2020, 2021 and 2022 seasons on 20 years old date palm grown in Agricultural research station farm that located at Kom Ombo, Aswan Governorate, Egypt. Inflorescences were sprayed with urea at 0.25 or 50% twice at 2 or 6 weeks of pollination. Also, bunches were sprayed with potassium citrate at 1 or 2% twice at 7 or 10 weeks of pollination. Spraying treatments were performed as urea or potassium citrate alone or combination of them, beside the control treatment (spraying with water only). The present results indicated that all spraying treatments significantly increased yield. Also, it improved fruit characteristics as compared with untreated palms. Spraying inflorescences with urea at 0.25 combined with potassium citrate at 1% were more effective treatments in increasing yield and improving physical and chemical properties of fruits.
Keywords
Date palm; fruit yield; fruit quality; potassium citrate; urea
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