Ahmed, A.A <br/><br/>
Impact of different times and methods of pollination on fruit set and productivity of barhi date palm  [electronic resource] 
 تاثير ميعاد وطرق التلقيح المختلفة على انتاجية وعقد ثمار نخيل البلح البرحى 

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<br/><br/> This study investigated the effect of different pollination methods, traditional<br/>pollination (hand pollination), spraying pollen suspension and dusting pollen<br/>and different pollination times (at same spathe cracking day and after two<br/>days from spathe cracking) on fruit set (%), yield as well as some fruit physical<br/>and chemical properties of “Barhi” date palm cultivar. The used palms grown in<br/>new reclaimed sandy soil at private orchard located at Al Assiuty valley, Assiut,<br/>Egypt during two consecutive seasons (2020 and 2021). Results cleared that the<br/>most effective treatments in this investigation is using hand pollination at same<br/>spathe cracking day followed by spraying pollen suspension at same spathe<br/>cracking day, these treatments gave the highest fruit set% with economical yield<br/>and high fruit quality with high content of total and reducing sugars. However,<br/>delaying the pollination two days after spathe cracking resulted in decreasing<br/>fruit set, yield and fruit quality compared with pollination at the same spathe<br/>cracking day.<br/><br/>Keywords: Date Palm, Suspension, Spathe cracking, Pollination.<br/> 
<br/><br/><br/>Summary in Arabic 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Dates (Fruit)--Yields<br/>Dates (Fruit)--Planting time