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Effectiveness of Zinc Foliar Spraying on the Cracking of Pomegranate Fruits

Dr. Rida DRAIEFaculty of Agricultural Engineering, University of Idlib, SyriaAli ABORASPostgraduate Student, MA, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering, University of Idlib, Syria

Vol 5 No 4 (2021): Volume 5, Issue 4, April 2021 | Pages: 147-155

International Research Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Technology

OPEN ACCESS | Research Article | Published Date: 03-05-2021

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Abstract

Fruit cracking is one of the most important obstacles facing pomegranate cultivation, which inflicts great damage on the crop, sometimes reaching more than 70%. The research was carried out in the 2018 agricultural season in a field planted with pomegranate trees (French variety) in order to study the effect of foliar spraying with zinc in reducing fruit cracking. The experiment was conducted according to a complete randomized design (CRD). We had three treatments for zinc concentrations (0, 500, 1000 ppm) and four treatments for the number of spraying times (0, 1, 2, and 3 times). The results showed the superiority of all treatments of spraying with zinc over the control treatment in most of the studied traits. Also, increasing the number of spraying times with zinc reduced the percentage of fruit cracking, as the percentage of cracked fruits reached 73.96%, 21.48%, 15.91%, and 12.72% in the treatments of 0, 1, 2, and 3 spraying times respectively. Similarly, the increase in the spraying concentration achieved a significant reduction in the percentage of fruit cracking, which amounted to 17.10% and 14.43% in the treatments of concentrations A and B, respectively.

Keywords

Pomegranate, Fruit Cracking, Foliar Spraying, Zinc, Concentration, Number of Spraying Times


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Dr. Rida DRAIE; Ali ABORAS, “Effectiveness of Zinc Foliar Spraying on the Cracking of Pomegranate Fruits” Published in International Research Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Technology - IRJIET, Volume 5, Issue 4, pp 147-155, April 2021. Article DOI https://doi.org/10.47001/IRJIET/2021.504022

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