Abstract
Fruit cracking is one of the most important problems faced by pomegranates, which cause great damage to the crop, amounting to more than 60%. The French pomegranate variety is one of the varieties cultivated in northern Syria, which is highly vulnerable to this problem. The research was carried out in the 2018-2019 agricultural season in a field planted with pomegranate trees at the age of 10 years and dimensions 4x4 m, to study the effect of irrigation in reducing fruit cracking. The experiment was conducted according to a complete randomized block design. The experiment included three irrigation treatments: irrigation once after the beginning of flowering, irrigation twice after the beginning of flowering and after the completion of the fruit contract, and irrigation for three times after the beginning of flowering, after the completion of the fruit contract and after the beginning of the fruit discoloration, in addition to the treatment of the control without irrigation. The results showed high sensitivity of the French pomegranate variety to the fruit cracking (73.96%). All irrigation treatments outperformed the control treatment in most of the studied characteristics (early flowering and ripening time, enhancing the percentage of fruit-set, improving the quality of fruits, increasing the productivity). The rise in the number of irrigation times reduced the percentage of fruit cracking compared to the control, while the percentage of cracking of fruits reached 34.06%, 27.37%, 20.24%, in the treatment of irrigation once, twice, and three times, respectively.
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Claim · model-written summary
The French pomegranate variety had 73.96% fruit cracking.
- Taxon
- pomegranate
Punica granatume0 - Material
- French pomegranate varietye0
- Outcome
- fruit crackinge0
- Value
- 73.96%e0
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Verbatim
e0“high sensitivity of the French pomegranate variety to the fruit cracking (73.96%)”
Claim · model-written summary
Irrigation treatments advanced flowering and ripening relative to the control.
- Taxon
- PomegranatePunica granatumt0
- Treatment
- irrigation treatmentse0
- Outcome
- early flowering and ripening timee0
- Direction
- earlye0
- Comparator
- control treatmente0
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Verbatim
e0“All irrigation treatments outperformed the control treatment in most of the studied characteristics (early flowering and ripening time”
t0“Pomegranate Fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Irrigation treatments improved fruit set relative to the control.
- Taxon
- PomegranatePunica granatumt0
- Treatment
- irrigation treatmentse0
- Outcome
- percentage of fruit-sete0
- Direction
- enhancinge0
- Comparator
- control treatmente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“All irrigation treatments outperformed the control treatment in most of the studied characteristics (early flowering and ripening time, enhancing the percentage of fruit-set”
t0“Pomegranate Fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Irrigation treatments improved fruit quality relative to the control.
- Taxon
- PomegranatePunica granatumt0
- Treatment
- irrigation treatmentse0
- Outcome
- quality of fruitse0
- Direction
- improvinge0
- Comparator
- control treatmente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“All irrigation treatments outperformed the control treatment in most of the studied characteristics (early flowering and ripening time, enhancing the percentage of fruit-set, improving the quality of fruits”
t0“Pomegranate Fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Irrigation treatments increased productivity relative to the control.
- Taxon
- PomegranatePunica granatumt0
- Treatment
- irrigation treatmentse0
- Outcome
- productivitye0
- Direction
- increasinge0
- Comparator
- control treatmente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“All irrigation treatments outperformed the control treatment in most of the studied characteristics (early flowering and ripening time, enhancing the percentage of fruit-set, improving the quality of fruits, increasing the productivity”
t0“Pomegranate Fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
One irrigation reduced fruit cracking versus the control, reaching 34.06%.
- Taxon
- PomegranatePunica granatumt0
- Treatment
- irrigation oncee0
- Outcome
- percentage of fruit crackinge0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 34.06%e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“rise in the number of irrigation times reduced the percentage of fruit cracking compared to the control, while the percentage of cracking of fruits reached 34.06%, 27.37%, 20.24%, in the treatment of irrigation once, twice, and three times, respectively”
t0“Pomegranate Fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Two irrigations reduced fruit cracking versus the control, reaching 27.37%.
- Taxon
- PomegranatePunica granatumt0
- Treatment
- twicee0
- Outcome
- percentage of fruit crackinge0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 27.37%e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“rise in the number of irrigation times reduced the percentage of fruit cracking compared to the control, while the percentage of cracking of fruits reached 34.06%, 27.37%, 20.24%, in the treatment of irrigation once, twice, and three times, respectively”
t0“Pomegranate Fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Three irrigations reduced fruit cracking versus the control, reaching 20.24%.
- Taxon
- PomegranatePunica granatumt0
- Treatment
- three timese0
- Outcome
- percentage of fruit crackinge0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- 20.24%e0
- Comparator
- controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“rise in the number of irrigation times reduced the percentage of fruit cracking compared to the control, while the percentage of cracking of fruits reached 34.06%, 27.37%, 20.24%, in the treatment of irrigation once, twice, and three times, respectively”
t0“Pomegranate Fruits”
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