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Efficacy of Foliar Spraying with Calcium on the Fruit Cracking of the French Pomegranate Variety

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

Vol 5 No 5 (2021): Volume 5, Issue 5, May 2021 | Pages: 43-51

International Research Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Technology

OPEN ACCESS | Research Article | Published Date: 09-05-2021

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Abstract
The research was carried out in the 2018 agricultural season in a field planted with pomegranate trees (French variety), with the aim of determining the effect of foliar spraying with calcium in reducing fruit cracking. We used for the experiment three treatments for calcium concentrations (0, 1000, 2000 ppm) and four treatments for the number of spraying times with calcium (0, 1, 2, and 3 times).The results showed that all the treatment of foliar spraying with calcium was superior to the control in most of the studied traits (early flowering and ripening time, increasing the percentage of fruit-set, improving the quality and the quantity of the production). Also, increasing the number of times spraying with calcium reduced the percentage of fruit cracking, as the percentage of cracked fruits reached 73.96%, 26.49%, 19.81%, and 15.74% in treatments of 0, 1, 2, and 3 spraying times respectively. Moreover, the increase in the spraying concentration achieved a significant reduction in the percentage of cracked fruits, which amounted to 21.23% and 18.24% in the treatments of concentrations A and B, respectively.
Keywords

Calcium, Foliar spraying, fruit cracking, French pomegranate variety


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Dr. Rida DRAIE, Ali ABORAS, “Efficacy of Foliar Spraying with Calcium on the Fruit Cracking of the French Pomegranate Variety” Published in International Research Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Technology - IRJIET, Volume 5, Issue 5, pp 43-51, May 2021. Article DOI https://doi.org/10.47001/IRJIET/2021.505008

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