Effect of different biofertilizers and mulching materials on growth and yield of strawberry (fragaria × ananassa duch) cultivar rania

Author: 
Maninder Singh, Harpreet Kaur and Dr. Pushpinder Singh Aulakh

The present studies were carried out at Experimental Farm of the Guru Kashi University, Talwandi sabo during 2021 and 2022 to find out the “Effect of different biofertilizers and type of mulching on growth and yield of strawberry cv.Rania”. The experiment laid out in split plot design (SSD) with three replications comprising of 10 treatments viz., T1 ( FYM + Azotobacter. + Phosphate Solubilizing Bcateria), T2 (FYM + Azospri. + Vascular Abuscular Mychorhiza), T3 (Azotobacter + Phosphate Solubilizing Bcateria), T4 (Vascular Abuscular Mychorhiza + Phosphate Solubilizing Bcateria) T5 (Azosprillium + Azotobacter + Phosphate Solubilizing Bcateria), T6 (Azosprillium + Phosphate Solubilizing Bcateria + Vascular Abuscular Mychorhiza), T7 (Vascular Abuscular Mychorhiza + T4), T8 (Azotobacter + T3) and T9 (FYM + Azotobacter. + Azosprillium + Phosphate Solubilizing Bcateria and Vascular Abuscular Mychorhiza) and three mulches (M0- Unmulched, M1- Paddy straw, M2 – Black mulch, M3 – White mulch). Among type of mulches, the result revealed that the growth parameters like plant height, plant spread, number of leave per plant and yield per plant and quality parameters like TSS were significantly higher with M2 treatment (Black mulch). Among the different biofertilizers T9 treatment (FYM + Azotobacter. + Azosprillium + Phosphate Solubilizing Bcateria and Vascular Abuscular Mychorhiza) were recorded to be the best among all parameters (plant height, fruit weight, fruit diameter, fruit length, yield per plant, TSS and titrable acidity) respectively. The interaction viz., biofertilizer and mulch were significantly affected most of the characters under study. Maximum plant height, plant spread, number of leaves per plant, fruit weight, fruit yield, TSS and minimum titrable acidity was obtained with treatment combination of M2T9 (Black polythene mulch and FYM + Azotobacter. + Azosprillium + Phosphate Solubilizing Bcateria and Vascular Abuscular Mychorhiza).

Paper No: 
4314