Vol. 12, Issue 12 (2023)

Author(s):
Malin Teronpi, Aradhana Barooah, Nilay Borah and Himadri Shekhar Datta

Abstract:
A field experiment was carried out to study the effect of lime and zinc on quality of strawberry fruit in rice fallow soil. The experiment was carried out at ICR Farm, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, during 2022-23. Five treatments viz., control, N:P:K @ 10:7:7 g sq m^-1 (RDF), RDF with Zn @1.0 kg ha^-1, RDF with Zn @ 2.0 kg ha^-1 and RDF with Zn 0.1% foliar spray were applied in both limed (500 kg ha^-1) and unlimed plots at 30, 45, 60 and 75 days after planting with four replications of each treatment. The study revealed that application of lime and RDF + Zn 0.1% foliar spray significantly enhanced total Zn content of strawberry fruit. Strawberry quality parameters like total soluble solid, titratable acidity, ascorbic acid, reducing sugar, non-reducing sugar and total sugar was highly significant in limed plot. Maximum total soluble solid, minimum titratable acidity, maximum ascorbic acid, reducing sugar, non-reducing sugar and total sugar was observed in the application of RDF + Zn 0.1% foliar spray.