EFFECT OF FOLIAR APPLICATION OF SOME CROPS SEEDS SPROUT EXTRACTS ON FRUITING OF VALENCIA ORANGE TREES

Document Type : Original Article

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Citriculture Research Department, Horticulture Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt

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Crops seeds sprout extracts are of great benefits when used to spray on plants. It contains high levels of major and minor nutrients, amino acids and vitamins, which are beneficial to the crop in quantity and quality. The study relies on the use of seven crop seed sprout extracts: fenugreek (FSSE), celery (CSSE), rocket (RSSE), barley (BSSE), wheat (WSSE), garlic (GSSE) and onion (OSSE) at a concentration of 0.1% in each extract.
Through the results obtained, it was found that all the extracts gives a significantly affected compared to the control on the vegetative and fruit characteristics, chemical composition of fruits, photosynthetic pigments and promoted yield and fruit quality of Valencia orange trees and found also that the crop seeds sprout extracts used in descending order were as follows: FSSE followed by CSSE, RSSE, BSSE, WSSE and finally GSSE and OSSE.
Key words: Crop Seed Sprout Extract, FSSE, CSSE, RSSE, WSSE, Valencia Orange, Photosynthetic Pigments, Fruit Setting.

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