CaCl2 Solution Sprayed on Leaves Changes the Nutrition and Qualitative Properties of Pomegranate (Punica granatum L. cv. Hicaznar)

Year 2021, Volume: 31 Issue: 2, 418 - 424, 30.06.2021

Serdar Toprak

https://doi.org/10.29133/yyutbd.804052

Abstract

The purpose of this experiment was to define the influence of different doses of calcium chloride (CaCl2) applications on fruit yield, some quality properties, and nutrition of plant in Hicaznar pomegranate cultivar during 2016 and 2017 in Aydın (Turkey) ecological condition. In the study, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, and 1.0% solutions of calcium chloride (CaCl2) were applied by spraying except the control dose to the trees. The solution doses were twice applied during the fruit growing season in June and August. According to the results, fruit yield, peel thickness, fruit length, diameter, and weights were increased compared to control dose with CaCl2 applications. Foliar CaCl2 applications increased foliar Ca content by 60%. Concentrations of other plant nutrients other than N and Ca were decreased in parallel with increasing CaCl2 doses. Foliar P content was not affected in this case. As a result, the amount of CaCl2 solution to be applied to leaves in Hicaznar pomegranate was determined as 0.6%.

Keywords

Pomegranate (Punica granatum L. cv. Hicaz), Calcium chloride, Foliar fertilization, Yield, Quality, Nutrition

Thanks

I would like to thank Mehmet Öztürk, who produces Pomegranate in Aydın province, for his support in this study.

Yapraklara Püskürtülen CaCl2 Çözeltisi Nar (Punica granatum L. cv. Hicaznar)’ın Beslenme ve Niteliksel Özelliklerini Değiştirir

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, Aydın (Türkiye) ekolojik koşullarında 2016 ve 2017 yıllarında Hicaznar çeşidinde farklı dozlarda kalsiyum klorür (CaCl2) uygulamalarının meyve verimi, bazı kalite özellikleri ve bitkinin beslenmesine etkisini belirlemektir. Çalışmada ağaçlara kontrol dozu dışında % 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 ve 1.0 kalsiyum klorür (CaCl2) çözeltileri püskürtülerek uygulanmıştır. Çözelti dozları, 15 Haziran ve 15 Ağustos'ta meyve yetiştirme mevsimi boyunca iki kez uygulanmıştır. Elde edilen sonuçlara göre, CaCl2 uygulamaları ile meyve verimi, kabuk kalınlığı, meyve uzunluğu, çapı ve ağırlıkları kontrol dozuna göre artmıştır. Yaprak CaCl2 uygulamaları, yaprak Ca içeriğini % 60 arttırmıştır. Artan CaCl2 dozlarına paralel olarak N ve Ca dışındaki diğer bitki besin maddelerinin konsantrasyonları azalmıştır. Yaprak P içeriği bu durumda etkilenmemiştir. Sonuç olarak Hicaznar çeşidinde yapraklara uygulanacak CaCl2 uygulama dozu % 0.6 olarak belirlenmiştir.

Keywords

Pomegranate (Punica granatum L. cv. Hicaz), Calcium chloride, Foliar fertilization, Yield, Quality, Nutrition

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