In spite of the numerous-available clones and cultivars of date palm, few of them produce non-astringent dates at the khalal stage. The astringent fruit must convert to the rutab stage to be edible as fresh dates which means the conversion of soluble tannins to the insoluble form. Applications of the ethylenereleasing compound, namely, Ethrel, even at very high concentrations failed to induce r...

There are many astringent date cultivars at maturity (Full coloration) around the world. These fruits could not be consumed at this stage due to the presence of soluble tannins. Growers have to wait until about 50% of these bunches reach to the rutab stage (ripening) which represents a major source of fruit loss due to abscission, birds attack and pathogens. Furthermore, late-maturing cultivars...

the date palm bunch fading disorder/disease is one of the greatest challenges faced by date palm growers. in the present study, the effect of appropriate orchard management on some qualitative and quantitative features of date palm bunch was studied. for this purpose, two orchards of cv ‘kabkab’ with a history of previous incidence were selected in two districts of bushehr province; tangestan a...

The microbial contamination of 60 samples from six date cultivars in the rutab stage purchased from different retail outlets in AL-Hofuf City, Saudi Arabia was studied. All samples were found contaminated with aerobic mesophilic bacteria at loads in the order 10(2) to 10(5) cfu/cm(2) with some significant differences among varieties that can be attributed to differences in the weather condition...

barhee is one of the most important date cultivar worldwide that its production in iran is done mainly in khuzestan province. this cultivar has many consumers at its three last developmental stages especially rutab stage. in rutab stage, the fruit texture is very soft and due to high water and sugar content is a good target for microorganisms and so it has a short storage life. using new disinf...

The fruit of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) is an important horticultural product in the Middle East and North Africa. Among more than 400 reported date palm cultivars in Iran, around 20 cultivars are more important due to having better eating quality and trading values. In this study, the fruit of nine commercially important date cultivars including ‘Barhee’, ‘Breim’, ‘Deiri’, ‘Fersi’, ‘Ga...

the fruit of date palm (phoenix dactylifera l.) is an important horticultural product in the middle east and north africa. among more than 400 reported date palm cultivars in iran, around 20 cultivars are more important due to having better eating quality and trading values. in this study, the fruit of nine commercially important date cultivars including ‘barhee’, ‘breim’, ‘deiri’, ‘fersi’, ‘ga...

barhee is considered as one of the most popular date cultivars worldwide. its fruits, because of low tannin content and low astringency can be, and are consumed at khalal stage. due to its high water content and respiration rate, khalal date fruit is very perishable and of low storage life. limited supply, and difficulties involved in marketing of this product, makes one think of new packaging ...

The date palm bunch fading disorder/disease is one of the greatest challenges faced by date palm growers. In the present study, the effect of appropriate orchard management on some qualitative and quantitative features of date palm bunch was studied. For this purpose, two orchards of cv ‘Kabkab’ with a history of previous incidence were selected in two districts of Bushehr province; Tangestan a...

Abstract The study was conducted during the growing season 2022 in one of private orchards Nasiriya district, center Thi-Qar governorate, with aim knowing effect spraying fruits potassium and microelements on activity enzymes invertase cellulase for two cultivars date palm, Al-Shwethi Al-Sayer, stages Al-Khalal Al-Rutab, as sprayed at concentrations (0 2 4) ml L -1 trace elements (0, 1 2) 10 tr...