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Effect of foliar spray of NPK, Borax, ZnSO 4 & MgSO 4 on Flowering Fruiting and Yield of Strawberry Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) cv. Winter Dawn:

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DIVYANSH MISHRA, SANJAY PATHAK, JAGVEER SINGH, KULDEEP PANDEY
» doi: 10.48047/AFJBS.6.12.2024.3507-3516

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The present investigation entitled “ Effect of foliar spray of NPK, Borax, ZnSO 4 & MgSO 4 on Flowering Fruiting and Yield of Strawberry Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) cv. Winter Dawn” was carried out during the year 2022 23 and 2023 24 at Main Experimental Station, Department of Fruit Science, College of Horticulture & forestry, A.N.D.U.A&T. Nar endranagar KumarganjAyodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India. The collected data were analyzed using RBD design with 9 treatmentsT1 (NPK @ 0.5%), T2 (NPK @ 1.0%), T3 (NPK @ 1.5%), T4 (NPK @1.0% +Borax @0.25%), T5 (NPK @ 1.0% +ZnSO 4 @ 0.25%), T6 (NPK @ 1.0% + MgSO 4 @ 0.25%), T7 (NPK @ 0.5% + Borax @0.25%+ZnSO 4 @ 0.25%), T8 (NPK @ 0.5% + Borax @ 0.25% + ZnSO 4 @ 0.25%+ MgSO 4 @ 0.25%) and T9 (control) with three replication. The results revealed that the treatment T8 (NPK @ 0.5% + Borax @ 0.25% + ZnSO 4 @ 0.25%+ MgSO 4 @ 0.25%) outperformed the rest with minimum days taken to first flowering (48.86 and 48.92), days taken first fruiting(53.08 and 53.30), maximum flowers per plant(26.48 and 26.45), fruit per plant (18.90 and 18.88), maximum fruit weight (31.51g and 31.46g ), fruit length (4.44cm and 4.38cm), fruit width (3.12cm and 3.14cm), fruit diameter (11.99cm and 11.95cm) and maximum yield(595.85g and 593.96g). The treatment T8 is therefore recommended for the application to strawberry plant to obtain high yields.

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