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Mango trees grown in Jazan, Saudi Arabia

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Mango trees grown in Jazan, Saudi Arabia

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  1. Effect of Supplemental Nitrogen and Potassium Fertilization on Yield and Fruit Quality of ‘Sensation’ and ‘Tommy Atkins’ mango (Mangiferaindica L.)Abdullah Al-Musabehi1, Khalid Al-Rohily1, Hassan Al-Sarhan1, Abdelaziz H. Abdelgadir1, Rashid Al-Obeed2, and Mongi Zekri31Saudi Basic Industries Corporation, P.O. Box 42503, Riyadh 11551, Saudi Arabia 2Plant Production Dept., College of Foods and Agriculture, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia 3University of Florida, Hendry County Extension Office, P.O. Box 68, LaBelle, FL 33975, USA IntroductionIn Saudi Arabia, mango is the number one ranked fruit crop in the Jazan area and production has been expanding rapidly there. ‘Sensation’ and ‘Tommy Atkins’ are the most popular mango cultivars and occupy the largest orchard areas in the newly reclaimed sandy soil. Most of these new orchards suffer from the scarcity of irrigation water, salinity, and poor soil fertility.Experimental DesignA field study was carried out during 2008 and 2009 seasons on 6-7 year old ‘Sensation’ and ‘Tommy Atkins’ mango trees grown on sandy soil in a commercial grove at a spacing of 7 x 7 m. The experiment was a randomized complete block design with 4 treatments, 4 replications, and 3 trees per plot. All trees were managed according to typical commercial practices for pest management and were irrigated as needed using a bubbler irrigation system. Yield, soluble solids, fruit weight, and fruit size of ‘Tommy Atkins’ mango trees (ZP < 0.05) ObjectiveEvaluate the effect of urea, potassium sulfate, and SABIC compound (11-29-19) fertilization on yield and fruit quality of mango trees in the Jazan area. ConclusionsSupplemental application of 1435 or 1978 g of urea and additional applications of 1000 or 1500 g of potassium sulfate to 2000 g of SABIC compound (11-29-19) per tree per year produced the highest fruit yield and increased total soluble solids for both cultivars. With increasing fertilization, average fruit weight and fruit size was reduced for ‘Tommy Atkins’, but increased for ‘Sensation’. Mango inflorescences setting fruit Mango trees grown in Jazan, Saudi Arabia Experimental mango grove in Jazan, Saudi Arabia

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