This research was carried out to study the effect of summer pruning on the growth and production of two grape varieties Vitis vivifera L. Halwani and Baladdi. The study was conducted in Kadmous during 2012 growing season on two varieties of grape tre
es reared on wiredraw. Seven treatments were used: 1- control, 2- shoot thinning, 3- shoot thinning and hedging, 4- shoot thinning and axillary shoot removal, 5- shoot thinning and axillary shoot removal, 6- shoot thinning and axillary shoot removal and leaf removal, 7- shoot thinning and leaf removal.
Results show that hedging improves weight of cluster and berry due to the increase in fruit set percentage which leads to an increase in grape production. Shoot thinning increases TSS yet other processes have negative effects: the hedging process increases acid titration in the Baladdi cultivar but in the Halwani cultivar hedging and axillary shoot removal increases acid titration.
The experiment was carried out at Jableh region during 2012-2013 in two green
houses to study the effects of using the bumble bees and organic carbon to improve flower
set and yield of tomato hybrid Dalloula . The experiment included three treatmen
ts :
natural pollination (control) ,flowers pollination by organic carbon, and flowers pollination
by bumble bees . The first and second treatments were applied in the first green house , and
the third treatment was applied in the second green house . Results showed that the bumble
bees treatment produced significantly the highest percentage of flower set and yield than
the other treatments . Flower set of tomato over 10 clusters was 89.8% , 83.7% , 39.2% for
bumble bees treatment, organic carbon treatment, and control , respectively. The highest
yield (22 kg/m2)was obtained from bumble bees treatment . Flowers pollinated by bumble
bees gave fruits that looked better in shape , size and color ,and with higher weights . In
the bumble bee pollinated flowers , the quality of fruits was superior for vitamin C , sugar
and acidity .
