A comparative study for some physical fruit characteristics, seed chemical composition of two date palm (phoenix dactylifera l. )‎ cultivars

Abstract EN

This experiment was done at the centre of Date Palm Research, Basrah University, during the 2018 growing season to study some physical fruit characteristics, seed chemical composition of date palm Phoenix dactylifera L.

cv.

Hillawi and Barhi at Tamer stage in an experiment designed with C.

R.

D.

Results showed significant difference in fruit length, fruit diameter, seed length, seed diameter, fresh and dry weights of fruit and flesh and seeds fresh weight.

A significant differences between seeds of the two cultivars in some biochemical composition took part such as moisture, protein and lipids as Hillawi recorded the higher value in lipids content.

At the same time, Barhi was significantly greater in its moisture and protein contents.