Effect of salysalic acid on some physical and chemical characteristics of date palm fruit cv. Hilawi and Sair

Abstract

This study was conducted at a private orchard located at Abo Al-Khaseb / Basrah / Iraq, to study the effects of Salysalic acid (0, 50, 100 and 150 mg/l) on some physical and chemical characteristics of date palm fruit cv. Hilawi and Sair. The results showed that the treatment of 100mg/l salysalic acid gave a significant effect on fruit and pulp weight and fruit dimentions ( size , length and diameter). The chemical characteristics (total and redusing sugar and TSS) were increased with treatment of salysalic acid but the sucrose was decreased with increase of salysalic acid concentration. The production of two cultivars recorded highly weight at 150mg/l salysalic acid. The ripening of fruit was decreased with increased of concentration of treatment