The effect of different leaf/bunch ratios on yield and fruit physical characteristics of Khlass date palm cultivar

H  Al Salman; N  Al Wusaibai; M  Al Husseini; H i Al Hajji; I A  AlAbdulhadi  and A  Ben Abdallah

doi:10.17485/ijst/2012/v5i3.28

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The effect of different leaf/bunch ratios on yield and fruit physical characteristics of Khlass date palm cultivar

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Indian Journal of Science and Technology

DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2012/v5i3.28

Year: 2012, Volume: 5, Issue: 3, Pages: 1-2

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The effect of different leaf/bunch ratios on yield and fruit physical characteristics of Khlass date palm cultivar

H. Al-Salman, N. Al-Wusaibai, M. Al-Husseini, H.i Al-Hajji, I.A. AlAbdulhadi^* and A. Ben Abdallah¹

National Date Palm Research Center of AlHassa – Saudi Arabia 1 FAO Project UTFN/SAU/015/SAU [email protected]*
*Author For Correspondence
I.A. AlAbdulhadi
National Date Palm Research Center of AlHassa – Saudi Arabia
Email: [email protected]*

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Abstract

The effect of leaf/bunch ratios (6, 8, 10 and 12 leaves/bunch) on yield and fruit quality of Khlass date palm cultivar was studied for 3 successive years in National Date Palm Research Centre of AlHassa, Saudi Arabia. Yield and total production of dates gradually increased significantly with increasing leaf/bunch ratio. However, leaf/bunch ratio had no effect on length, breadth and weight of Khlass fruits and the differences between treatments were not significant.
Keywords: Date Palm, Phoenix dactylifera L. leaf/bunch ratio, yield, fruit quality, khlass