Effect of Different Soil Amendment Along with Mulching Material under Polyhouse Condition in Stawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duch) cv. Winter Dawn
Lalmuankimi Ralte *
Department of Horticulture (Fruit Science), Naini Agriculture Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS), Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Devi Singh
Department of Horticulture (Fruit Science), Naini Agriculture Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS), Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Abstract
An investigation was carried in experimental field of Department of Horticulture, SHUATS (October 2021- March 2022). The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design (RBD) with 19 treatments and each treatment replicated 3 times. The study revealed that maximum plant height (18.16 cm), number of leaves (15), maximum plant spread in N-S (21.11 cm ) and E-W (20.11 cm), minimum days taken to first flowering (36 days), maximum number of flowers/plant (20), minimum number of days to fruit setting (5.88), maximum total number of fruits/plant (16), berry length (42.27 mm), berry width (37.11 mm), berry weight (25.32 g), maximum yield/plant (371.95 g), maximum yield (q/ha) (165.31 g), lowest acidity (0.80%), highest vitamin-c (55 mg/100 g) and maximum benefit cost ratio (4.15) were observed under T17 (Vermicompost + Plastic mulch). Therefore, T17 (Vermicompost + Plastic mulch) showed best result as compared to other treatments.
Keywords: Strawberry, soil amendment, mulching material, polyhouse