Table 1 Effect of foliar spray with some calcium sources on flowering of olive Kalmata and Manzanillo cultivars
No. of inflorescences/shoot | No. of total flowers/inflorescences | Sex expression | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | 2018 | 2017 | 2018 | 2017 | 2018 | |
Kalmata | ||||||
Control | 11.00b | 9.00b | 17.50b | 6.33b | 70.22b | 44.17b |
CaCl2 | 16.50a | 13.83a | 23.50a | 21.50a | 77.96a | 76.56a |
Chelated Ca | 15.75a | 14.87a | 21.75a | 21.67a | 79.98a | 78.90a |
Manzanillo | ||||||
Control | 10.56a | 7.23b | 20.57a | 8.57b | 61.77b | 53.62c |
CaCl2 | 12.58a | 13.03a | 23.33a | 12.33a | 63.14ab | 59.00b |
Chelated Ca | 11.33a | 12.43a | 23.93a | 13.67a | 73.75a | 66.33a |