Assessment of the influence of different doses of liquid organic formulations on growth, flowering and yield attributes of strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) cv. Camarosa under black polyethylene mulch

GAURAV  CHAMOLI; KH CHANDRAKUMAR  SINGH; MANJU; DEEPAK  MEWAR; SHIKHAR  SEMWAL; PANKAJ  BAHUGUNA; HAOBIJAM JAMES  WATT; GARGI  GOSWAMI; TEJAS ASHOK  BHOSALE; DEVINA  SERAM

doi:10.56093/ijas.v96i03.167651

Authors

GAURAV CHAMOLI College of Horticulture, Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry, Bharsar, Uttarakhand, India
KH CHANDRAKUMAR SINGH College of Horticulture, Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry, Bharsar, Uttarakhand, India
MANJU College of Horticulture, Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry, Bharsar, Uttarakhand, India
DEEPAK MEWAR College of Horticulture, Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry, Bharsar, Uttarakhand, India
SHIKHAR SEMWAL College of Horticulture, Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry, Bharsar, Uttarakhand, India
PANKAJ BAHUGUNA College of Horticulture, Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry, Bharsar, Uttarakhand, India
HAOBIJAM JAMES WATT School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India
GARGI GOSWAMI College of Horticulture, Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry, Bharsar, Uttarakhand 246 123, India
TEJAS ASHOK BHOSALE College of Horticulture, Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry, Bharsar, Uttarakhand 246 123, India
DEVINA SERAM School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v96i03.167651

Keywords:

Black polyethylene mulch, Humic acid, Organic formulations, Soil properties

Abstract

The experiment was conducted for two consecutive seasons from 2022–2023 at College of Horticulture, Veer Chandra Singh Garhwali Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry, Bharsar, Uttarakhand in a naturally ventilated polyhouse by using five different liquid organic formulations (Jeevamrut, Amritpani, Seaweed extract, Vermiwash, Humic acid ) with three different doses, taking strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) cv. Camarosa as the test crop. The experiment was laid out on a randomised complete block design (RCBD) in triplicate. Certain plant growth parameters, yield and economic parameters were taken into consideration for drawing conclusions in the study. In the majority of the traits, humic acid (HA) @3% outperformed and proved significantly higher yield over the rest of the treatments, 256.67% higher yield over the control. Even though the profitability of a production system largely depends on yield, there is a necessity for considering the input cost incurred in the production as well. HA @1%, even though it produced a lesser yield as compared to HA @3%, proved the most profitable input (C:B, 1:4.38) due to the lesser input cost, though there shall be a 9% compromise in yield as compared to HA @3%. Yet, HA @1% scored 198.4% higher yield over the control. Thereby, farmers can derive a promising return of 4.38 fold profit from their investments.

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