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Vol. 6 (3) : May-June 2015 issue
Green Farming Vol. 6 (3) : 538-543 ; May-June, 2015
Influence of nutrient and mulch management practices on strawberry cv. Chandler under rainfed condition
S.K. MAHATOa1, B. PARIYARa2, BINOY CHHETRIb3* and C.P. SURESHc4
aDeptt. of Pomology & Post-Harvest Technology, bDepartment of Agronomy, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari - 736 165, Cooch Behar (West Bengal)
cFaculty of Horticulture, North-Eastern Hill University, Tura Campus, Chandmari - 794 002, Tura (Meghalaya)
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1,3Ph.D. Scholar *(yonib2050@gmail.com), 2Horti. Inspector, 4Professor
Subject : Fruit Science and Pomology
Paper No. : P-2596
Total Pages : 6
Received : 02 September 2014
Revised accepted : 04 March 2015
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S.K. MAHATO, B. PARIYAR, BINOY CHHETRI and C.P. SURESH. 2015. Influence of nutrient and mulch management practices on strawberry cv. Chandler under rainfed condition. Green Farming Vol. 6 (3) : 538-543 ; May-June, 2015

ABSTRACT
An experiment was carried out with strawberry cv. Chandler at the experimental farm of Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Cooch Behar, West Bengal with paddy straw and black polythene as mulching material and different sources of nutrient to evaluate their effects on growth, yield and quality aspects of strawberry cv. Chandler. From the results obtained it was found that mulching with paddy straw along with FYM + NPK (T15 ) exhibited maximum number of crown, number of stolon, plantlets number per stolen, runner number per plant, no of fruit per plant, fruit weight (g) and yield plant-1 (g) while mulching with paddy straw along with FYM (T12) recorded maximum number of flower trusses plant, flower number per plant, days to first flower, fifty percent flowering (day) and flowering duration per (day). The treatment without mulching + vermicompost (T3) and the treatment with only black polythene mulch and FYM (T7) took minimum days from flowering to harvest (days) along with maximum fruit length (mm) whereas paddy straw without any nutrient (T11) was better in terms of length of stolon. Vermicompost + NPK without mulching (T4) showed good number of leaves and canopy spread. Treatment T15 with the application of paddy straw + FYM + NPK was found superior to other treatments in terms of acidity and ascorbic acid content while treatment T4 with no mulch but vermicompost + NPK as the source of nutrient resulted in higher total sugar. Juice density and T.S.S. was found highest in treatment T7 with black polythene and FYM. Shelf-life was found to be better in treatment T3 with no mulch + vermicompost while treatment T9 with black polythene along with addition of vermicompost + NPK was found to be superior for anthocyanin content. The treatment without mulching + vermicompost (T3) and the treatment with only black polythene mulch and FYM (T7) showed minimum days taken from flowering to harvest (days) along with extended shelf-life (hours). The maximum anthocyanin content was recorded under black polythene + vermicompost (T8) which were found to be at par with paddy straw + vermicompost (T13).Thus it is concluded that using straw mulch has a good prospect of getting higher yields while black polythene + vermicompost is best for increasing the anthocyanin content.
Key words :
Anthocyanin, FYM, Mulch, Strawberry, Vermicompost.