Abstract:
The study was conducted at Horticulture Farm, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural
University, Dhaka, Bangladesh during the period from October 2011 to March
2012. The experiment consisted of two factors. Factor A: Strawberry germplasm
(3 types) - V
1
: Germplasm 01; V
B: Nutrients (4 types) - F
0
2
: Germplasm 02, V
: No fertilizer i.e. control, F
34
3
: Germplasm 03; and Factor
: NPK (120 kg N, 60 kg
P
2
O
5
and 40 kg K
2
O/ha), F
2
1
: NPK+B @1.7 kg/ha and F
: NPK+Zn @ 4.2
kg/ha.The experiment was laid out in Complete Randomized Design with five
replications. In case of germplasm, the tallest plants (30.34 cm), highest fruit yield
per plant (433.95 g) and highest brix percentage in fruit (12.62%) were recorded
from V
1,
while the lowest value was observed from V
2
3
at 60 DAT. For nutrients,
the tallest plants (32.71 cm), highest fruit yield per plant (486.22 g) and highest
brix percentage in fruit (13.07%) were observed from F
and the lowest value
were recorded from F
0
3
at 60 DAT. Due to the interaction effect of different
germplasm and nutrients, the tallest plants (33.62 cm), highest fruit yield per plant
(516.77 g) and highest brix percentage in fruit (13.27%) were observed from
V
1
F
3
, while the lowest value were recorded from V
2
F
0
at 60 DAT. So, germplasm
01 and NPK+Zn were more effective for the growth, yield and quality of
strawberry.
