| A study was conducted in Horticulture Department, College of Agriculture during the season of 2000 on Basheeka cultivar to investigate the effect of girdling, urea and potassium spray on fatty acids percentage. Branches of 2-3cm diameter were girdled on lst February, 2000. Three urea levels of (0, 2000, 4000 mg/L) and potassium (0, 500, 1000 mg/L) were sprayed on 15/2/2000 and 21/2/2000 respectively. A factorial experiment in RCBD was used. Saturated fatty acids (Mercstic, palmetic and steric) and unsaturated fatty acids (olic, linolic and palmetiolic) were sperated and massuaard with GLC. The results can be summerized as follows:Girdling increased (olic, linolic and palmetic) percentage while there was no effect on (palmetiolic, Steric and Merestic). Nitrogen and potassium treatments significantly increased the percentage of olic, palmetiolic and palmetic acids, while they reduced linolic and Steric. The highest effect was found in the interaction between the three factors. |