International Journal of Farm Sciences

The investigations were undertaken in the Department of Horticulture, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad during Rabi season (2014–2015) to see the effect of organic manures on plant growth and fruit yield of strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duch) cv Chandler. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design having 12 treatments and 3 replications. The treatment comprising vermicompost @ 8 tonnes/ha + poultry manure @ 6 tonnes/ha was found to be statistically significant compared to other treatment combinations which recorded highest plant height (24.27 cm), plant spread (33.80 cm), number of leaves/plant (14.07), petiole length (8.53 cm), number of flowers/plant (3.20) and number of fruits/plant (92.83 g). The highest yield was also obtained under the same followed by vermicompost @ 8 tonnes/ha and lowest was obtained under the treatment comprising poultry manure @ 6 tonnes/ha + sheep manure @ 12 tonnes/ha.