Study of somemorphology and chemical characteristics for fruit of some cultivars loquat (Eriobotrya japonica)


Abstract in English

The study was excuted in Latakia governorate during the period (2014-2015). In this study, it has been used three cultivars of Eriobotrya japonica which were Seedawi, Morocan and Municipal). Onfigurable characterization, the average fruit weight calculation and the average number of seeds have been done of the fruit. Some chemical analysis were also conducted of the juice. The data has been statistical analyzed and the results showed that the earliest cultivar in maturity was Municipal. The highest rate of average fruit s weight was (53.40g) in Morocan cultivar. And the fruits shapes were between the oval shape in the Morocan and Seedawi cultivar, and circular shape in the Municipal cultivar. The Morocan and Seedawi cultivars have the supremacy in production quantity(34.67-34 kg/tree) respectively at the Municipal. The highest proportion was in vitamin C, the acidity and sugars were (0.977,1.073,15.20 %) respectively in municipal cultivar.

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