Jalpaiguri Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Directorate of Research, Extension and Farms West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Ramshai - 735219 (West Bengal)
*Corresponding Author's Email: kaushikdas.bckv@gmail.com
Online published on 27 May, 2022.
The experiment was conducted at KVK Jalpaiguri, Ramshai, West Bengal during 2018–19, to study the effect of different mulching and spacing on growth, yield and fruit quality of Strawberry cv. Nabila under Terai condition of West Bengal. The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Block Design (RBD) with three treatments: FP (Farmer's practice): Paddy straw mulch with spacing 45x45cm, TO (Technology Option) 1: Black polythene mulch with spacing 45x30 cm, TO (Technology Option) 2: Black polythene mulch with spacing 45x45 cm) and eight replications. The results revealed that different mulches and spacing significantly increased the soil moisture percent, number of flowers, fruit retention, physico-chemical qualities of fruits and it improved the plant growth too. Among different mulches and spacing it was found that TO 2: Black polythene mulch with spacing 45x45 cm showed the highest growth, yield and fruit quality of strawberry cv. Nabila with the highest B:C ratio of1.73. The average yield obtained under TO (Technology Option) 2 was 11.00 t/ha which was 17.27% higher than yield obtained from farmers’ practice (9.10 t/ha).
Mulching, Spacing, Growth, Quality, Yield, Strawberry
