Integrated nutrient management and its impact on growth, yield andquality of strawberry
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https://doi.org/10.24154/jhs.v20i2.3148Keywords:
FYM, integrated nutrient management, microbial consortium, strawberry, vermicompostAbstract
The present investigation was carried out to study the effect of integrated nutrient management on growth, yield and quality of strawberry, with 16 treatments replicated thrice under randomized block design, during 2020 to 2022. The results revealed that maximum plant height (20.07 cm), plant spread (25.71 cm), number of crowns (4.77) and flowers (48.20) were recorded in the treatment T10 (100% RDF + vermicompost 2.5 t/ha+0.5% ZnSO4+0.4% B spray+lime+microbial consortium). Likewise, yield attributes viz., maximum number of fruits per plant (41.22), fruit diameter (4.57 cm), fruit weight (39.86 g) and fruit yield per plant (1.58 kg), were noted significantly higher in the same treatment i.e. T10. Similarly, the quality parameters viz., highest TSS (10.87°B), sugar acid ratio (15.70), ascorbic acid (58.07 mg 100 g-1), anthocyanin (38.24 mg 100 g-1), potassium (3.42 mg 100g-1) and minimum titratable acidity (0.63 %) were also observed in the T10.
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