Fruit Yield and Quality of Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) cv. Dhakki as Affected By Different Pollination Treatments
Fruit Yield and Quality of Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) cv. Dhakki as Affected By Different Pollination Treatments
Muhammad Suleman Aziz1, Muhammad Iqbal1, Muhammad Sohail Khan1, Imran Khan1*, Muhammad Munir2, Khalida Musa3 and Asim Iqbal1
ABSTRACT
In order to boost up the production of Dhakki date an experiment was conducted during cropping season 2019-2020 at Research Orchard of date palm, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan (Pakistan). Experiment was designed in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD), possessing 13 (T1 to T13) pollination treatments including one control (No pollination) and repeated three times. Data for the following parameters were collected viz fruit set %age, fruit drop %age, fruit yield (kg bunch-1) and physico-chemical fruit characteristics. Results indicated that except control, all the treatments improved the yield and yield components. The highest fruit set (81.68% and 82.30 %,), bunch weight (15.28 and 16.20 kg), fruit weight (25.13 and 25.25 g), fruit length (5.09 and 5.19 cm), fruit width (3.06 and 3.13 cm) pulp weight (23.80 and 23.93 g), moisture content (63.11 and 62.89%) and T.S.S (33.13 and 33.35%) were recorded in T12 (3 strands having 110 flowers) during both years of study as compared to other treatments. While all these parameters have shown lowest values in control (No Pollination). However, the findings of this research investigate that all the treatment consistently improved quantitative, qualitative and yield characteristics and can be suggested for obtaining of maximum yield of Dhakki date.
To share on other social networks, click on any share button. What are these?
