Abstract:
A field experiment was accomplished in the Horticulture farm of Sher-eBangla
Agricultural
University, Dhaka during the period from October 2018
to March 2019 to study the effect of phosphorus fertilizers and mulches on
strawberry. Phosphorus levels viz. P
0
(0 kg/ha.), P
1
ii
(120 kg/ha.), P
2
(170
kg/ha.), P
3
(220 kg/ha.) and Mulches: M
0
(No mulch application), M
1
(Paddy
straw), M
2
(Black polythene) were used in this experiment arranged in
Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. Data on
different growth and yield attributes parameters were taken in which all the
treatment showed significant variations. Among phosphorus levels, maximum
fruits number (27.78/plant), fruit yield (14.54 g), total fruit yield (401.0
g/plant), brix percentage (6.64%) were found from P
3
whereas minimum in P
0
and among mulches, maximum fruits number (24.17/plant), fruit yield (13.78
g), total fruit yield (328.6 g/plant), brix percentage (5.84%) were found from
M
2
whereas minimum in M
0
. Maximum fruit yield (474.5 g/plant) were found
in P
3
M
2
and minimum (180.4 g/plant) in P
0
M
0
. In view of overall
performances, this study suggests that 220 kg/ha of phosphorus fertilizers
with black polythene mulch (P
3
M
2
) have the potentiality for higher yield of
strawberry.
