Effect of Foliar Spraying with B ,Zn and Fe on Flowering , Fruit Set and Physical Traits of the Lemon Fruits (Citru Meyeri)

International Journal of Agriculture & Environmental Science

© 2018 by SSRG - IJAES Journal

Volume 5 Issue 2

Year of Publication : 2018

Authors : Nesreen Mohammed, Georges Makhoul, Abd-Aziz Bouissa

10.14445/23942568/IJAES-V5I2P107

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Nesreen Mohammed, Georges Makhoul, Abd-Aziz Bouissa, " Effect of Foliar Spraying with B ,Zn and Fe on Flowering , Fruit Set and Physical Traits of the Lemon Fruits (Citru Meyeri)," SSRG International Journal of Agriculture & Environmental Science, vol. 5,  no. 2, pp. 50-57, 2018. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23942568/IJAES-V5I2P107

Abstract:

The experiment was conducted during the two seasons (2015 , 2016 ) on the Lemon trees cv (Meyer ) aiming at studying the effect of the foliar spraying with the nutrients ( boron , zinc and iron ) in flowering , fruit set and the physical traits of the fruits .These nutrients were sprayed separately or as a mixture . The percentage of each of ( viable pollen , hermaphrodite flowers , flowers with aborted ovary as well as the total flowers , fruit set and the initial fruit set ) in both seasons was calculated , in addition to the physical traits of the fruit (length , width ,volume , weight , firmness and rind thickness of the fruit ),and the fruits ` juice volume and the dry matter . The result of the statistical analysis showed the overpass of the treatment of the three elements (iron chelate + boron oxide + zinc chelate ) of all treatments in the most of the studied figures followed by the treatments in which the spraying with more one element of the micronutrients was used , while the lowest values were recorded in the control treatment.

Keywords:

foliar spray , micronutrients , flowering , fruit set , fruit weight , juice volume .

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