Role of the foliar fertilization treatments on quality attributes of sweet cherry fruits (Prunus avium)

Year 2018, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 131 - 136, 26.12.2018

Erdal Ağlar Onur Saraçoğlu

https://doi.org/10.29278/azd.476150

Cited By: 4

Abstract

This study was
carried out in a cherry in 2017 in Suşehri, Sivas. Eight
-years old “0900 Ziraat” sweet cherry trees grafted on MaxMa 14 rootstocks were
used as the plant material of the study. 
In the study, per 100
liters of water 250 gram of Azro select, a foliar fertilizer which contains 35%
potassium  and 5% nitrogen, and per 100
liters of water 200 gram of Zinc salt (Zinc Sulphate Hepta Hydrate) foliar
fertilizer, which contains  22 % Zinc,
were applied. The treatment was done twice: first, at the end of blooming,
second, 15 days after the first treatment. As a result of the study, fruit
weight, size, fruit firmness, SSC and vitamin C values of fruits obtained from
potassium treated trees were significantly higher whereas fruit color values
were lower. However, the effect of potassium on the titratable acidity values
was not significant. With zinc application, while statistically significant
increase in the fruit size, SSC and vitamin C values have not occurred, the
highest values in terms of flesh firmness, fruit color and titratable acidity
were recorded in the sweet cherries treated with zinc. The combination of zinc
and potassium led to an increase in fruit weight, fruit size, SSC and
titratable acidity, and decrease in vitamin C and color values.

Keywords

Sweet cherry, color, firmness, fruit mass, soluble solids, vitamin C

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