Vol. 10, Issue 10 (2021)

Author(s):
Kuldeep Kumar Shukla, Ravi Shankar Verma, Lavkush Pandey, Jitendra Kumar Shukla, Sampurna Nand Singh and Som Prakash

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of mulching on the performances of Strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) with respect to the vegetative growth parameters during 2019-20 at Horticulture Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University situated at Vidya- Vihar, Rae Bareli Road, Lucknow is geographically situated in the subtropical tract of Central Uttar Pradesh. The experiment was laid out in RBD having three replications with following treatments: T₁ (Control), T₂ (Yellow polythene mulch), T₃ (White polythene mulch), T₄ (Black polythene much), T₅ (Green polythene mulch), T₆(News-paper mulch), T₇ (Wood husk mulch), T₈ (Serpat grass mulch), T₉ (Jute bag mulch), T₁₀ (Red polythene mulch). The result revealed significantly highest plant height (15.81 cm), number of leaves (17.52), length of leaf with petiole (25.35 cm), length of leaf (15.70 cm), length of petiole (23.65 cm) and width of leaf (13.90 cm) in treatment T₄ (Black polythene mulch) followed by the treatment T₂ (Yellow polythene mulch) at 90 Days after planting. However, treatment T₁ (control) witnessed poor performance with respect to all vegetative growth parameters. Hence, the result led to the conclusion that adoption of Black polythene mulch in Strawberry enhances all growth attributing parameters and Yellow polythene mulch is the second-best mulching material.