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Influence of mulching and irrigation level on water-use efficiency, plant growth and quality of strawberry (Fragaria ananassa)

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Title Influence of mulching and irrigation level on water-use efficiency, plant growth and quality of strawberry (Fragaria ananassa)
 
Creator SURESH KUMAR, P
CHOUDHARY, V K
BHAGAWATI, R
 
Subject Fruit yield; Irrigation; Mulching; Plant growth, Quality, Strawberry
 
Description Strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch) cv. Chandler was grown in the field to investigate the effectiveness of different mulches and irrigation level on plant growth, fruit growth, yield and other quality parameters. I favoured plant growth, enhanced flowering (67.5 days), resulted in production of significantly larger fruit and higher yield (175.15 g/ plant), higher TSS, and ascorbic acid content with lesser incidence of albinism (17.9%) and botrytis rot than other irrigation levels. Plants mulched with BPM have significantly better growth, flowered and fruited early, produced larger fruit and higher yield, with slightly higher incidence of albinism (19.8%), but with lower incidence of botrytis rot (14.9 %) than those mulched with other materials. Irrigation level × mulching interaction has significantly influenced growth parameters like, crown height, plant spread and leaf area with I 1 × M 1interaction. Strawberry produced larger fruit (13.1 g) and higher yield (185.8 g/plant), higher TSS, and higher ascorbic acid content with a slightly higher incidence of albinism, but comparatively lower incidence of botrytis rot under irrigation regime of I 1 mulched with black polyethylene.
 
Publisher The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
 
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Date 2012-02-06
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/15278
 
Source The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences; Vol 82, No 2 (2012)
0019-5022
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/15278/7662
 
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