Growth Yield and Economic analysis of strawberry Fragariaananassa in two different production systems

Abstract

The Department of Horticulture at Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and newlineSciences in Prayagraj conducted an experiment over 140 days in the years 2019 2020 and 2020 newline2021 to investigate the Effects of different grow, micro and bloom nutrient dose and substrate newlinecombinations under Hydroponics and pot cultivation in Prayagraj climatic zones for higher yield newlineand quality of strawberry. The experiment was set up using a Factorial Randomized Block newlineDesign (FRBD) with three replications each with two hydroponic systems and 12 T0 (control). newlineThe two different types of planting systems (pot experiments and hydroponic experiments), as newlinewell as their interaction, has a big impact on the plants yield and quality parameters. The results newlineshow that Plants grown in a hydroponic system along T7 (with Grow, Micro, and Bloom) at 24- newlinehour intervals of 42 days optimize production and perform best in terms of growth, yield and newlinequality contributing traits. In comparison to soil and soilless medium the hydroponic system newlineproduced yields that were 20% and 16% greater respectively. The nutrient absorption was newlinelikewise the highest under this method, indicating that nutrients are available to Plants in newlinehydroponic systems more readily than in soilless medium or soil and that this method provided newlinethe largest net returns and benefit : rate of cost. newlineKey words: Strawberry, Hydroponics, grows, micro and bloom nutrient dose, Vermicompost, newlinePerlite, Cocopeat, yield, quality. newline