Impact of Methyl Jasmonate, Abscissic Acid and Ethephon on the Consistency of Flame Seedless Grapes Pre-harvest and Post-harvest

Abstract

Egypt’s grape cultivation is spread geographically from Alexandria in the north to Aswan in the south, which, combined with the production of early and late ripening grapes, enables the prolonged availability of fresh table grapes from May to November. Egypt ranks fourth worldwide in the global production volume of table grapes, and has shown impressive growth in the past 5 to 10 years. In 2016, production of grapes in Egypt amounted to 1 691 194 tonnes on 184 254 feddan1 of cultivated land (FAO, 2018).