PERFORMANCE OF STRAWBERRY GERMPLASM TO NPK BORON AND ZINC

Abstract

The study was conducted at Horticulture Farm, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh during the period from October 2011 to March 2012. The experiment consisted of two factors. Factor A: Strawberry germplasm (3 types) - V 1 : Germplasm 01; V B: Nutrients (4 types) - F 0 2 : Germplasm 02, V : No fertilizer i.e. control, F 34 3 : Germplasm 03; and Factor : NPK (120 kg N, 60 kg P 2 O 5 and 40 kg K 2 O/ha), F 2 1 : NPK+B @1.7 kg/ha and F : NPK+Zn @ 4.2 kg/ha.The experiment was laid out in Complete Randomized Design with five replications. In case of germplasm, the tallest plants (30.34 cm), highest fruit yield per plant (433.95 g) and highest brix percentage in fruit (12.62%) were recorded from V 1, while the lowest value was observed from V 2 3 at 60 DAT. For nutrients, the tallest plants (32.71 cm), highest fruit yield per plant (486.22 g) and highest brix percentage in fruit (13.07%) were observed from F and the lowest value were recorded from F 0 3 at 60 DAT. Due to the interaction effect of different germplasm and nutrients, the tallest plants (33.62 cm), highest fruit yield per plant (516.77 g) and highest brix percentage in fruit (13.27%) were observed from V 1 F 3 , while the lowest value were recorded from V 2 F 0 at 60 DAT. So, germplasm 01 and NPK+Zn were more effective for the growth, yield and quality of strawberry.