Combined treatment with gibberellic acid and thidiazuron improves fruit quality of ‘Red Dream’ grape cultivar

Effect of Putrescine, Gibberellic Acid and Calcium on Quality Characteristics and Maturity Delay of "desert Red" Peach Fruit Cultivar

This study was conducted during two successive seasons 2005 and 2006 by using "Desert Red" peach cultivar (Prunus persica L.) grafted on Nemaguard rootstock. Trees were sprayed with a hand sprayer to the run off at the initiation of phase ΙΙΙ of the double sigmoid curve before the onset of the climacteric. The treatments included putrescine at 5 and 10 mM, GA3 at 200 and 400 ppm, in addition to...

Effect of Putrescine, Gibberellic Acid and Calcium on Quality Characteristics and Maturity Delay of "desert Red" Peach Fruit Cultivar. A: Developmental Aspects and Physical Properties of the Fruit

Prolonging the marketing period of peach fruits in Egypt through introducing new cultivars, breaking dormancy early or delaying maturity of some cultivars by safe compounds would increase the growers' profits. This study was conducted during two successive seasons 2005 and 2006 by using "Desert Red" peach cultivar (Prunus persica L.) grafted on Nemaguard rootstock. Trees were grown at El-Noubar...

Effect of Pre-Harvest Application of Gibberellic Acid and Ethephon on the Quality of Table Grape

In this study the effects of plant growth regulators including; GA3 (0 and 50 mg/l) and ethephon (0 and 500 mg/l) were studied on the quality properties of two grape cultivars (Perlette and Yaghuti). At the harvest time, some physicochemical characteristics such as fruit cluster weight, fruit diameter, length, volume and L/D ratio, flesh firmness, fresh weight, TA, pH, TSS and fruit color were ...

Study on combined treatment of sodium alginate with ascorbic acid on shelf life of strawberry fruit

Effect of gibberellic acid on fruit cracking in meykhosh pomegranate