Effect of Nutrients and Mulches on Vegetative Growth and Yield Characters in Strawberry cv. Chandler

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted at the Horticulture Research Farm-1, of the Department of Horticulture, School of Agricultural Sciences and technology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University), Vidya- Vihar, Rae Bareli Road, Lucknow to evaluate the significance of mulching and nutrients on the performances of Strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) with respect to the vegetative and yield character’s during 2019-20. The experiment was laid out in RBD having three replications. The result revealed significantly highest plant height (24.82 cm), number of leaves (20.72cm), length of leaf (9.85cm), length of petiole (8.98 cm), no. of pickings (22.86), no. of fruits per plant (24.58), length of fruit (42.88 mm), width of fruit (27.98 mm), weight of fruit (21.87g) found in treatment T-14 (Black polythene vermicompost 50% + NPK 50%) followed by the treatment T-13 (Black polythene FYM 50% + NPK 50%) at 90 Days after planting. However, treatment T1 (control) showed poor performance with respect to all vegetative and yield parameters. Hence, the result led to the conclusion that adoption of Black polythene with vermi-compost 50% + NPK 50% in Strawberry enhances all growth and yield attributing parameters and black polythene with FYM 50% + NPK 50% showed second-best result.