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EFFECT OF LENGTHS BRANCH ON BUD BREAK , MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS OF LEAVES AND FRUITS OF THREE FIG(FICUS CARICA L.) CULTIVARS OF SECOND CROP
Authors: Abbas Mohsin Salman Al-Hameedawi
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An experiment was conducted in a private orchard at Abbasyia , Najaf Governorate during the growing seasons of 2014 on fig cv. Aswod Diala , Kadota and Waziri at 5 years old trees to investigate the effect of length branches of ( 10-15 cm , 20-35 cm ,40-60 cm and more than 6o cm ) that one year old on percentage of bud breaks, number and length of new shoots , leaf aria , number and depth of lobates , petiole length , number of fruits , length , diameter , shape , firmness and Ostiolum diameter of fruits and total yield / shoot for the four branches of three Fig cultivars of second crop . Results showed that the best result at length of branches 40-60 cm on percentage of bud breaks, number and length of new shoots , leaf aria , number and depht of lobates , petiole length , number of fruits , length , diameter , shape , firmness and Ostiolum diameter of fruits and total yield / shoot for all studied . The cultivar Kadota gave the highest rate of vegetative and fruiting characteristics and yield .