Effect of various mulches on the growth and yield of strawberry cv. chandler under sub tropical conditions of Punjab
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RECENT TRENDS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - Year 2017, Vol 25, Issue 1
Abstract
A field study was conducted in the Department of Horticulture, Khalsa College, Amritsar during 2016-2017 to study the effect of various mulches on performance of strawberry cv. Chandler. The runners of strawberry cv. Chandler were planted in the second fortnight of October with spacing of 45 × 30 cm. The investigation was laid out in RBD thrice replicated thrice. There were treatments were seven treatments including T1(Black polyethylene), T2(Silver polyethylene), T3 (Sugarcane trash), T4(Paddy straw), T5(Grass), T6 (Saw dust) and T7 (Control). Results of the study showed that black polyethylene mulch increased the vegetative growth parameters of strawberry. The maximum plant height (21.43 cm), number of leaves per plant (37.66), leaf area (89.36cm2) number of flowers (27.52), number of fruits (22.46), fruit set per cent (82.99) were recorded in the treatment T1 (black polyethylene mulch).It also increased the yield(145.43g/plant). Hence application of black polyethylene mulch enhanced the vegetative and yield characters of strawberry fruit other mulches respectively.
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Pawandeep Kaur, Amarjeet PatilKaur
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