Fruiting of "Keitte" Mango Trees in Relation to Application of Glutathione and Boron | ||
| Hortscience Journal of Suez Canal University | ||
| Article 7, Volume 6, Issue 1, January 2017, Pages 73-80 PDF (215.23 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/hjsc.2017.6398 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Amr Haikal1; Alaa Gomaa2 | ||
| 1Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Suez Canal University, Ismailia - 41522, Egypt | ||
| 2Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Damanhour University, El-Beheira, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study was conducted during 2014 and 2015 seasons to examine the effect of spraying boric acid and/or glutathione each at (0.05 up to 0.1%) three times at monthly intervals starting from the first March, on growth, tree nutritional status, yield and fruit quality of "Keitte" mango trees grown under sandy calcareous soil. An obvious promotion was revealed on all growth aspects, leaves pigments and nutrients content, fruit retention%, yield and fruit quality as affected by the tested treatments. Glutathione was appreciably superior to boric acid in this respect and using both together was preferable than using them individually. The promising treatment was the application of boric acid plus the antioxidant glutathione each at 0.1and 0.05%without significant differences among them. Therefore, from the economical point of view, it is advised to use this treatment at 0.05%, to obtain acceptable yield and fruit quality of "Keitte" mango trees grown under sandy calcareous soil. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Keitte" mango; glutathione; Boron; yield; fruit quality | ||
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