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Fruit Yield and Quality of Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) cv. Dhakki as Affected By Different Pollination Treatments

Fruit Yield and Quality of Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) cv. Dhakki as Affected By Different Pollination Treatments

Muhammad Suleman Aziz1, Muhammad Iqbal1, Muhammad Sohail Khan1, Imran Khan1*, Muhammad Munir2, Khalida Musa3 and Asim Iqbal1

1Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Gomal University, D.I. Khan, Pakistan; 2Institute of Food and nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, Gomal University, D.I. Khan, Pakistan; 3Department of Environmental Sciences, Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan.

 
*Correspondence | Imran Khan, Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Gomal University, D.I. Khan, Pakistan; Email: [email protected] 

ABSTRACT

In order to boost up the production of Dhakki date an experiment was conducted during cropping season 2019-2020 at Research Orchard of date palm, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan (Pakistan). Experiment was designed in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD), possessing 13 (T1 to T13) pollination treatments including one control (No pollination) and repeated three times. Data for the following parameters were collected viz fruit set %age, fruit drop %age, fruit yield (kg bunch-1) and physico-chemical fruit characteristics. Results indicated that except control, all the treatments improved the yield and yield components. The highest fruit set (81.68% and 82.30 %,), bunch weight (15.28 and 16.20 kg), fruit weight (25.13 and 25.25 g), fruit length (5.09 and 5.19 cm), fruit width (3.06 and 3.13 cm) pulp weight (23.80 and 23.93 g), moisture content (63.11 and 62.89%) and T.S.S (33.13 and 33.35%) were recorded in T12 (3 strands having 110 flowers) during both years of study as compared to other treatments. While all these parameters have shown lowest values in control (No Pollination). However, the findings of this research investigate that all the treatment consistently improved quantitative, qualitative and yield characteristics and can be suggested for obtaining of maximum yield of Dhakki date.

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Pakistan Journal of Zoology

December

Pakistan J. Zool., Vol. 56, Iss. 6, pp. 2501-3000

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