Impact of drip fertigation on growth, yield and quality of strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) cultivar Camarosa
Author(s): Gurpreet Kaur, Dilip Singh Kachwaya and Sumanpreet Kaur
Abstract: The experiment was executed at Mata Gujri College in the experimental field in Fatehgarh Sahib (Punjab) in the academic year 2018–2019 to examine the influence of drip fertigation on strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) cultivar Camarosa. A RBD and five treatments were used in the study. (T1) the recommended NPK dose through soil; (T2) the 70% recommended NPK dose through drip; (T3) 90% the recommended NPK dose through drip; (T4) 100% the recommended NPK dose through drip; and (T5) 110% the recommended NPK dose through drip at 10 day intervals in 11 doses with five replications. According to the study, treatment T5 produced the greatest incremental plant height (26.16 cm), leaf area (148.94 cm2), leaf number per plant (26.16), and leaf area index (4.89). The fruit attributing characteristics of T4 were higher: average weight of berry (23.92 gram), length of berry (48.92 millimetre), breadth of berry (34.47 millimetre), yield of fruit (174.70 gram), and biochemical attributes: total sugars i.e. 7.52%, reducing sugars i.e. 4.80%, non-reducing sugars i.e. 2.72%, anthocyanin content (0.235 at OD 530 nm), firmness of berries (1.82), and titratable acidity was 0.63% and also discovered that the T5 has the highest level of ascorbic acid (57.42 mg/100 g). In addition to receiving recommended NPK soil application and fertigation, the plants utilizing treatment (T4) exhibited increased net return, gross income and B: C ratio. Consequently, when yield and quality metrics are taken into account, the T4 treatment, which consists of a drip-fed 100% dose of the necessary NPK, has shown to produce the best results.
