Table 4 Influence of foliar spray of ammonium nitrate combined with the date of start water irrigation on vegetative growth and panicle characteristics of mango trees cv. ‘Ewais’ during two years
Treatments | Length of terminal shoot (cm) | No. leaves per terminal shoot | Leaf area (cm2) | Panicle length (cm) | Panicle width (cm) | No. secondary branches per panicle | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First year | Second year | First year | Second year | First year | Second year | First year | Second year | First year | Second year | First year | Second year | |
T1 = Untreat. trees | 13.3 d | 13.4 c | 16.6 d | 15.8 c | 53.1 d | 50.0 c | 15.2 c | 15.6 d | 09.8 c | 10.3 d | 18.1 d | 20.0 d |
T2 = 1st week Nov | 14.3 c | 15.4 b | 17.8 c | 18.2 b | 57.1 c | 59.0 b | 18.7 b | 19.1 c | 12.2 b | 14.0 c | 24.2 c | 27.1 c |
T3 = 1st week Dec | 15.4 b | 16.3 b | 19.2 b | 19.1 b | 61.5 b | 60.3 b | 20.8 b | 22.2 b | 14.3 b | 16.8 b | 28.4 b | 30.7 b |
T4 = 1st week Jan | 16.7 a | 18.1 a | 20.9 a | 21.3 a | 66.8 a | 67.6 a | 23.9 a | 25.7 a | 17.6 a | 19.7 a | 31.7 a | 33.8 a |