Impact of Various Cultivation Systems on the Growth and Yield of Strawberry cv. Chandler

Abstract

To study the impact of various cultivation systems on performance of strawberry the proposed
research study was conducted in the experimental plot of nursery of Department of Horticulture,
Khalsa College, Amritsar during 2018-2019. The experiment was carried out following
Randomised Block Design (RBD) replicated thrice. The runners of the strawberry cv. Chandler
were collected from the Department of Pomology, Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture,
Nauni, Solan Himachal Pradesh as bases of plant material. Different cultivation systems were
adapted i.e. Flat beds( T1), raised beds( T2), ridges (T3), soil less media(T4), polythene bags(T5),
Cement pots (T6), plastic crates (T7) and low tunnels (T8) to find out the best cultivation system
for better vegetative growth, yield and fruit quality of strawberry. The results of the study
revealed that the vegetative growth in terms of plant height, number of shoots, leaves, flowers
and fruits were found significantly higher in the plants grown in plastic crates while fruit yield
was increased under low poly tunnels.