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Effect of Pollination Time on Fruit set and Fruit Quality of Mishrig
Wad Laggai Date palm under Khartoum Conditions
Dawoud H. D and Fatima A . Ahmed
Abstract:
Artificial pollination of date palm is essential for commercial
production. The main objective of this work was to evaluate the effect
of different day time pollination on fruit set and fruit quality of
Mishrig Wad Laggai,(MWL), the most popular semi-soft variety grown
commercially in the Sudan (Mason, 1925).
This experiment was conducted in three successive seasons during 2000,
2001 and 2002 on 36 female date palms. Three replicates three trees per
plot. Four treatments, pollination early morning (6-7 am), pollination
before noon (9– 10 am) pollination after noon (1 – 2 pm) and pollination
after sunset (5 -6 am ). High fruit set and high yield were obtained
from pollination Mishrig Wad Laggai date palm before sun set, while the
lowest values were obtained when pollination was carried out in the
early morning.
Proceedings of the Meetings of the National Crop Husbandry Committee 39th (2005) pp. 27-31
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