Abstract:
The experiment was conducted at Horticulture Farm, Sher-e-Bangla
Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh during the period from October
2014 to March 2015. The experiment was consisted of two factors namely
Factor A: Three levels of organic fertilizers as- O
Vermicompost (500 kg/ha) and O
moc
0
: Control (0 kg/ha), O
: Mustard oil cake (1000 kg/ha); Factor B:
Three levels of micronutrients as- M
0
: Control (0 kg/ha), M
: Boron (1 kg/ha),
M
Zn
B
: Zinc (1.5 kg/ha). All the treatmnts were applied in foliar application. The
two factorial experiments were laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design
with four replications. Organic fertilizers and Micronutrients influenced
significantly on most of the parameters. Among organic fertilizers, maximum
number of fruits (26.9/plant), fruit weight (383.7g/plant), brix (7.8%) and yield
(11.0 t/ha) was found in O
ver
whereas the minimum in O
For micronutrients
maximum number of fruits (26.3/plant), fruit weight (369.9g/plant), brix
(7.3%) and yield (10.6 t/ha) was found in M
Zn
0.
while the minimum in M
In
combined effect, the highest yield (11.8 t/ha) was obtained from O
and
the lowest (7.4 t/ha) in O
O
ver
M
Zn
0
M
0
ver
. The highest benefit cost ratio (2.35) was from
where the lowest (1.53) in O
0
M
0.
M
Zn
So it can be concluded that
vermicompost and zinc showed the best performance for growth and yield of
strawberry.
