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ROLE OF DIFFERENT NITROGEN SOURCES ON GROWTH, YIELD AND QUALITY OF STRAWBERRY (Fragaria X ananassa Duch.) cv. Chandler

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Title ROLE OF DIFFERENT NITROGEN SOURCES ON GROWTH, YIELD AND QUALITY OF STRAWBERRY (Fragaria X ananassa Duch.) cv. Chandler
 
Creator Harit Kumar
 
Contributor Prof. Anand Kumar Singh
 
Subject Strawberry, Biofertilizer and Vermicompost
 
Description The present investigation entitled “Role of different nitrogen sources on growth, yield and quality of strawberry (Fragaria X ananassa Duch.) cv. Chandler” was carried out during 2013-14 and 2014-15. The experiment was conducted at the Vegetable Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (U.P.) India. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with three replications and thirteen treatments. The results of the present study concerning to Role of different nitrogen sources on growth characters, floral characters, fruit characters and quality attributes have been summarized for both the years 2013-14 and 2014-15. From the results obtained during the present investigation with different treatment combinations of nitrogen sources on vegetative growth, yield and fruit quality attributes of strawberry cv. Chandler, it is concluded that application of treatment T8 (1/2 N, full P and K as basal dose and remaining 1/2 N before flowering, all through inorganic source + Azotobacter inoculation @ 2kg/ha at the time of planting) significantly increased the plant height, plant spread, number of leaves per plant, leaf area, number of runners per plant, length of runners and number of crowns per plant. The days taken to first flower set, number of flowers per plant, number of days to berry set, percentage of berry set per plant, number of berries per plant and duration of harvesting were found beneficial in treatment T12 (1/2 N in the form of Vermicompost, full P and K at planting time + remaining 1/2 N in two equal doses each at establishment and before flowering- inorganic source + Azotobacter inoculation @ 2kg/ha at the time of planting). Maximum berry size, berry weight, berry volume, number of achenes, yield per plant, berry yield per hectare were also recorded with treatment T12 application.
So far as the quality characters of strawberry, berries of treatment T12 (1/2 N in the form of Vermicompost, full P and K at planting time + remaining 1/2 N in two equal doses each at establishment and before flowering- inorganic source + Azotobacter inoculation @ 2kg/ha at the time of planting) exhibited highest total soluble solids (TSS), TSS/Acid ratio, total sugar, reducing sugar, non-reducing sugar and minimum titrable acidity, whereas maximum ascorbic acid and total phenols were recorded under treatment T11 (1/2 N in the form of FYM, full P and K at planting time + remaining 1/2 N in two equal doses each at establishment and before flowering- inorganic source + Azotobacter inoculation @ 2kg/ha at the time of planting). Chlorophyll, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and all other leaf micro nutrient contents were found maximum in treatment T12 (1/2 N in the form of Vermicompost, full P and K at planting time + remaining 1/2 N in two equal doses each at establishment and before flowering- inorganic source + Azotobacter inoculation @ 2kg/ha at the time of planting) application.
Maximum benefit: cost ratio was achieved through application of treatment T1 (Recommended dose of FYM, N, P, and K, full FYM, P and K as basal dose at the time of planting + N in two equal dose at establishment and before flowering- inorganic source) which was followed by treatment T11 (1/2 N in the form of FYM, full P and K at planting time + remaining 1/2 N in two equal doses each at establishment and before flowering- inorganic source + Azotobacter inoculation @ 2kg/ha at the time of planting). Maximum net income was obtained from treatment treatment T12 (1/2 N in the form of Vermicompost, full P and K at planting time + remaining 1/2 N in two equal doses each at establishment and before flowering- inorganic source + Azotobacter inoculation @ 2kg/ha at the time of planting) followed by treatment T6 (1/2 N in the form of Vermicompost, full P and K at planting time + remaining 1/2 N in two equal doses each at establishment and before flowering- inorganic source). The minimum benefit: cost ratio and net income was found in control.
The present investigations suggest that the application of treatment T12 (1/2 N in the form of Vermicompost, full P and K at planting time + remaining 1/2 N in two equal doses each at establishment and before flowering- inorganic source + Azotobacter inoculation @ 2kg/ha at the time of planting), found to be the best in respect of plant growth, higher berry quality and yield coupled with more propagating materials and monetary return of strawberry cv. Chandler, under the plains of Uttar Pradesh, India.
 
Date 2016-09-12T07:30:15Z
2016-09-12T07:30:15Z
2016
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/76366
 
Language en
 
Relation P0003;
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University