This investigation was carried out on fifteen years old Sorani and Kaissy
olive cultivars (Oleaeuropaea L.) trees grown in Basaltic soil that
was poor in organic matter and potassium.
The aim of the present investigation is to study the effect of
different
amount of organic and potassium fertilization on yield, fruit weight,
oil percentage, and oil acidity.
Results obtained showed that the highest value of fruit weight, yield, and
oil precentage exhibited statistically the highest values by trees
fertilized with the treatments (Organic + Potassium).
Acidity increased in (Organic + Potassium) treatments but it was less than
2% oleic acid , while it was less than 1% oleic acid in Potassium
treatments and in Organic treatments (Extra vergin oil).
A field experiment was conducted in Agriculture collage –Tishreen University for two years 2011&2012 to evaluate the effect of tillage depths and nitrogen fertilizer timing application on growth productivity indicators and seeds' chemical compositi
on of peanut plant. The experiment was designed in split plots with three replicates. The main plots included shallow tillage (8-10) cm, medium tillage (18- 20) cm and deep tillage (28- 30) cm tillage depths D1, D2, D3 respectively. Timing application (split- plots) were: T1 all nitrogen fertilizer applied at planting ,T2 half nitrogen applied at planting and half at flowering ,T3 all nitrogen fertilizer applied at flowering .Deep tillage caused significant differences and increased leaf area index to (11.93,11.80) for the two seasons respectively . For dry weight/plant were (285.9, 266.6) g for two seasons respectively and seeds index arrived highest values (74.32, 74.53) g for two seasons respectively. Tillage depth increased protein and oil percentage in seeds, but the effect was insignificant. Timing of nitrogen fertilizer had significant effect on leaf area index. The best values were (11.80, 11.60) for two seasons respectively in the treatment T2, and dry weight/plant (283.0, 263.4) g/plant respectively. Significant effect was observed for seeds index. The highest values were (74.41, 74.21) g for two seasons respectively in the treatment T2, so that for protein percentage in seeds arrived highest values (24.35, 25.24) % respectively in the treatment T2. But the highest values of oil percentage were (47.10, 47.21) % for two seasons respectively in the treatmentT3. Interaction (D x T) had significant effect on leaf area index. The best values were (12.53, 12.07) for two season respectively at (D3 x T2) interaction treatments. This interaction had no significant effects on the rest of the indicators
Thirteen phenotypes of cultivated wild olive were selected during 2007- 2008
from four orchards in Mesiaf region, to study oil percentage and fatty acids
contents in these types for choosing types for oil production, in order to
propagate and cons
erve them in a germplasm, and then to be cultivated
because they have adapted to local climate in this region. The results were
analyzed statistically by using Gen-State program to calculate least significant
differences between values. The results confirmed the high biodiversity in these
studied types, and they were classified into five groups according to their oil
percentage and contents of oleic acid. The oil percentage ranged from 3.9 to
27.3 %, and the fatty acids had significant differences between them, the oleic
acid was in olive oil between 56.7 and 75.5%. The types P1-1 and p1-3 showed
the best results for producing oil.
