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Optimisation of Growth Yield and Quality of Strawberry Cultivars Through Organic Farming

M. H. A. Rashid
Department of Horticulture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Adoption of organic farming has been increased which have a reduced impact on environment. An experiment was conducted at the Landscaping section and Laboratory of the Department of Horticulture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh for optimisation of growth, yield and quality of strawberry cultivars through organic farming during the period from October 2017 to March 2018. The experiment comprised two cultivars viz., RU-1 (Festival) and RU-2 (AOG), and eight organic manures viz., control, cowdung, mustard oilcake (MOC), poultry manure, cowdung+MOC, cowdung+poultry manure, MOC+poultry manure, cowdung+MOC+poultry manure. The two-factor experiment was laid out in randomised complete block design with three replications. Significant variation was observed between strawberry cultivars and organic manures in all the parameters studied. Highest growth, yield and quality characters were obtained from Festival except number of runner per plant and TSS content with AOG. Combined application of cowdung+MOC+poultry manure gave the maximum yield (19.14 t/ha) than the other treatments.

Keywords: AOG, Festival, Growth, Organic manures, TSS

Location: Department of Horticulture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh

Start Date: 00-10-2017

End Date: 00-03-2018

Program Area: Crop-Soil-Water Management

Commodity: Strawberry

Objectives:

The present study was, therefore, undertaken to study the optimisation of growth, yield and quality of strawberry cultivars through organic farming

Methodology:

The experiment was carried out at the Landscaping section and Laboratory of the Department of Horticulture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh for optimisation of growth, yield and quality of strawberry cultivars through organic farming during the period from October 2017 to March 2018. The experimental site was medium high land belonging to the Old Brahmaputra Floodplain under the Agro-Ecological Zone 9 having non-calcareous dark gray floodplain soil (UNDP and FAO 1988). The soil of the experimental plot was silty loam in texture and neutral (pH 7.0) in reaction, which is suitable for strawberry production. The experiment comprised two strawberry cultivars viz. V1: RU-1 (Festival) and V2: RU-2 (AOG), and eight organic manure treatments viz., T0=control (no organic manures applied), T1=cowdung @ 4 kg/m², T2=mustard oilcake (MOC) @ 4 kg/m², T3=poultry manure @ 4 kg/m², T4=cowdung+MOC @ 1:1, T5=cowdung+poultry manure @ 1:1, T6=MOC+poultry manure @ 1:1, T7=cowdung+MOC+poultry manure @ 1:1:1. The- two-factor experiment was laid out in randomised complete block design with three replications and altogether 14 treatment combinations in this experiment. Healthy seedlings of two strawberry cultivars were collected from a commercial nursery in Rajshahi. The seedlings of uniform size were transplanted on 14 November 2017 in the evening at a spacing of 50 cm × 30 cm. Each unit plot was l.0 m x l.0 m in size, which consist of 6 plants. The spacing of plot to plot was 50 cm and block to block was 1.0 m. Different organic manure treatments were applied to different unit plots 21 days before planting of seedlings and then it was incorporated into the soil carefully. After transplantation, irrigation, weeding and natural mulching were done as and when necessary. Straw mulch was provided onset of flower formation. The experimental plots were covered with nylon net to protect the fruit from birds. Data were recorded from all 6 plants under each plot on growth parameters viz., plant height (cm), number of leaves and runner per plant, and yield and quality parameters viz., number of fruit per plant, average and total fruit weight (g), length and breadth of fruit (cm), fruit yield (t/ha), and TSS content (% brix). Collected data were analyzed statistically using MSTAT computer programme. The significance of difference between pair of means was tested by the least significant differences (LSD) test at 5% level of probability (Gomez and Gomez, 1984).

Source of Information: J. Environ. Sci. & Natural Resources, 11(1&2):121-129, 2018 ISSN 1999-7361

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Achievement/Findings:

From the above results, it can be concluded that the cultivar RU-1 (Festival) along with combined application of cowdung + MOC + poultry manure found to be most effective in respect of vegetative growth and yield, while cultivar RU-2 (AOG) along with combined application of cowdung + MOC + poultry manure was better in respect of sweetness of strawberry.

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