چكيده لاتين :
COMPARATIVE STUDIES ON SIX POMEGRANATE CULTIVARS UNDER BENI – SUEF GOVERNORATE CONDITIONS study was carried out for the comparison of six pomegranate cultivars
namely: Manfalouty, Nab El-Gamal, Wardy, Araby, Badr and Tahrir grown at the
experimental farm of the Hort. Res. Instit., station at Seds, Beni- Suef Governorate of
middle Egypt region during the two growing seasons of 2007 and 2008.The present
study included the different polymorphism variances as ; vegetative growth,
flowering, yield, fruit quality and rooting ability of the six pomegranate cultivars. In this
respect, Manfalouty and Tahrir cultivars were superior in most of vegetative growth
characteristics. On the other hand, Badr cv. had the lowest values in most of these
growth characteristics. The highest percentage of perfect flowers / tree was recorded
for Araby and Tahrir cvs. and the lowest one was for Nab El-Gamal cultivar.
Manfalouty and Wardy cvs. gave higher percentage of fruit set while Badr cultivar
recorded the lowest values. Moreover, Nab El-Gamal and Manfalouty exhibited the
highest yield (kg / tree), fruit weight, length, diameter & volume and juice volume while
Badr cv. gave the least ones. The highest percentage of fruit grain was in Tahrir
cultivar. As for fruit juice chemical characteristics (total acidity; total soluble sugars;
vitamin (c); ascorbic acid; total anthocyanin and tannins), in general, the best cultivars
were Manfalouty, Nab El-Gamal, Wardy and Tahrir. Cuttings of Badr and Tahrir
cultivars gave the highest rooting percentage with tallest root while Nab El-Gamal had
the highest number of roots in both experimental seasons. It is worthy to mention that,
it can be recommended with Nab El-Gamal, Manfalouty, Wardy and Tahrir cultivars
( the yield more than 30 kg/tree) to be planted in Beni-Suef Governorate representing
the Middle Egypt region and are preferable than Badr and Araby pomegranate
cultivars.
Keywords: Pomegranate – evaluation – cultivars – vegetative growth – flowering –
yield – fruit quality – cuttings rooting ability.
