EVALUATION OF POLLEN SOURCE ON SEXUAL COMPATIBILITY AND FRUIT SET IN CERTAIN APRICOT CULTIVARS UNDER THE CLIMATE OF ASSIUT GOVERNORATE
Journal: Menoufia Journal of Plant Production
Year: 2025

This study examined the self-compatibility and cross-compatibility or incompatibility among three four-year-old apricot tree cultivars (Amal, Haid, and Solitaire) grafted onto Nemguard peach rootstock. The research was conducted under the climatic conditions of Assiut, on sandy soil at a private farm in Assiut Governorate, Egypt, over two successful seasons (2021/2022 and 2022/2023). Initial and final fruit set percentages were nearly different in the three studied cultivars, but Haid was superi