A master’s thesis at the College of Agriculture examined the response of young Arbequina olive trees to foliar spraying with potassium and chelated iron.
The thesis, presented by graduate student Maryam Ismail Rahim, aimed to study the effect of potassium spraying on improving vegetative growth traits and mineral content of olive trees, as well as to determine the response of olive trees to foliar spraying with chelated iron. It also sought to assess the individual and combined effects of these factors on improving the vegetative growth traits and mineral composition of young Arbequina olive trees, and to identify the optimal concentration of the studied factors.
The study concluded that foliar spraying with potassium and chelated iron led to a significant improvement in the measured traits of the olive trees.
