INFLUENCE OF ORGANIC FERTILIZERS AND MICRONUTRIENTS ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF STRAWBERRY

Abstract

The experiment was conducted at Horticulture Farm, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh during the period from October 2014 to March 2015. The experiment was consisted of two factors namely Factor A: Three levels of organic fertilizers as- O Vermicompost (500 kg/ha) and O moc 0

: Control (0 kg/ha), O : Mustard oil cake (1000 kg/ha); Factor B: Three levels of micronutrients as- M 0 : Control (0 kg/ha), M : Boron (1 kg/ha), M Zn B : Zinc (1.5 kg/ha). All the treatmnts were applied in foliar application. The two factorial experiments were laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design with four replications. Organic fertilizers and Micronutrients influenced significantly on most of the parameters. Among organic fertilizers, maximum number of fruits (26.9/plant), fruit weight (383.7g/plant), brix (7.8%) and yield (11.0 t/ha) was found in O ver whereas the minimum in O For micronutrients maximum number of fruits (26.3/plant), fruit weight (369.9g/plant), brix (7.3%) and yield (10.6 t/ha) was found in M Zn 0. while the minimum in M In combined effect, the highest yield (11.8 t/ha) was obtained from O and the lowest (7.4 t/ha) in O O ver M Zn 0 M 0 ver . The highest benefit cost ratio (2.35) was from where the lowest (1.53) in O 0 M 0. M Zn So it can be concluded that vermicompost and zinc showed the best performance for growth and yield of strawberry.