EFFECT OF SPRAYING HYDROGEN CYNAMIDE, GARLIC OIL, OLIVE OIL AND JASMINE OIL ON EARLINESS OF BUDBURST, YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY OF FIG (SULTANI cv.)

Abstract

The present investigation was conducted during the two seasons , 2013 and 2014 to assess the effect of foliar application of garlic oil (3%), olive oil (3%), jasmine oil (0.3%) as a natural oils and hydrogen cyanamide at 1.5% (Hydrogen cynamide), alone or in combinations, on the percentage and date of buds emergence, vegetative growth, fruit quality and yield of Sultani fig cultivar grown under Sohag Governorate conditions. All sprayed treatments significantly improved vegetative growth, fruit quality and yield. The combination of olive oil and hydrogen cyanamide gave the highest values of the studied traits, earliness of the buds emergence and its improved percentage, enhanced vegetative growth and the number of fruits/tree. It also led to advancement of harvesting date, reduced immature fruit %, promoting yield and fruit quality, that led to achieve high profit compared to other treatments and the control (untreated).