Volume 7 | Issue - 1 articles in press
Volume 7 | Issue - 1 articles in press
Volume 7 | Issue - 1 articles in press
Volume 7 | Issue - 1 articles in press
Volume 7 | Issue - 1 articles in press
This study aimed to investigate the effects of Calcium (Ca) and Boron (B) on the yield, quality and postharvest shelf-life of Indian jujube TN01 (Ziziphus mauritiana L.). The experiments were conducted on a 6-year-old apple garden. A split-plot design was used with the main plot focusing on B with four concentrations (0.0%, 0.2 %, 0.4 %, and 0.6 %), and the Ca sub-plot (0.0%, 0.5 %, 1.0 %, and 1.5 %), respectively. This study was carried out for two consecutive years. The results showed that the application of Ca increased the fruit quality. The vitamin C content was higher (47.6 mg/100g and 48.3 mg/100g) compared to the control treatments. Additionally, Ca also helps to preserve the fruits better by reducing the rate of dry fruit (7.8%) and rotten fruit (9.2%) to the lowest level compared to the control. Moreover, using B to spray through apple leaves increased the fruiting rate (6.2% and 7.4%), fruit weight (83.2 g/fruit and 86.8 g/fruit), fruiting density (57.7 fruits/m2 and 59.8 fruits/m2), productivity (41.1 tons/ha and 43.4 tons/ha), and fruit quality such as increasing in oBrix (11.8 oB and 12.6 oB), vitamin C content (47.6 mg/100g and 48.3 mg/100g) and decreasing acid content (0.4% and 0.5%) at B concentration of 0 .4% for the highest efficiency. Spraying the combination of Ca and B on apples increases the fruiting rate, fruit weight, yield and quality. This includes higher levels of oBrix, vitamin C concentration, acidity reduction and reduction of damage during storage.