Effect of spraying with Bark extracts and Grofalcs on physical characters of fruits of sours orange Citrus aurantium L

Abstract

This study was carried out in a private orchard at AL-Kefl. Babylon during the growing of season 2014 on the local sours orange fruit 12 years age. The trees were sprayed at 1 / 10 / 2014 with three concentrations of Bark extracts 20, 30 and 40 % and Grofalcs (200, 300 and 400) mg. L-1. The results indicated that spraying trees with treatments caused a significant increasing in the rate of length, diameter, weight, size, percentage of peel, peel thickness, percentage of juice. There was significant differences between these treatments. The treatments of concentration of Grofalcs 400 mg /L gave the best results of studied characteristics.