Effect of pollination methods and pollen sources on fruit set, yield and fruit quality of sewy and samany dates [electronic resource].

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This study was carried out during the two seasons of 2001 and 2002. to study the effect of pomr.at!on type ( Mechanically and Hand pollinations) and poolen sources on fruit set, fr~it qua:j~y and yield of N/O date cultivars (SeW)' and S~many). Three pollen sources from Aswan, Ismailia and EIEI-Bahria Oasis were used for this study. Mechanical pollination was the best in case fruit set, while of hand pollination had the highest seed and fruit weight of Sewy and Samany cultivars. The results indicated that mechanical and hand pollination had no significantly effect on fruit length, fruit diameter, pulp weight and fruit chemical properties. The data also indicated that Ismailia pollen source had a significant effect on physical and chemical fruit properties of Sewy cultivar. While, Aswan pollen source had a significant effect on physical and chemical fruit properties of Samany cultivar .

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