FOLIAR
APPLICATION OF CALCIUM FOR QUALITY PRODUCTION OF STRAWBERRY
H.
Mehraj, M.S. Hussain, S. Parvin, I.H. Shiam and A.F.M. Jamal Udddin*
*Corresponding author:
Email: jamal4@yahoo.com
Abstract
An
experiment was conducted at the Horticultural farm, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural
University to evaluate the influence of foliar application of calcium
concentrations on strawberry during the period of November 2012 to February
2013 following Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with five replications.
RABI-3 variety was used in the experiment. Three concentrations of calcium
(Calcium Oxide, CaO) viz. 0ppm (C0), 50ppm (C1) and 100ppm (C2) were sprayed at
15 and 45 days after days after transplanting. Foliar application of calcium at
the rate of 100ppm caused early flowering (72.5 days) and fruit harvesting
(96.2 days). C2 (100ppm) provided maximum number of fruits (20.00 plant-1),
maximum single fruit weight (14.2 g) and maximum percentage of brix (10.2%).
Besides, 100ppm foliar application of calcium provided minimum (12.3%) abnormal
fruit while control provided the maximum (31.9%).
Key words:
Strawberry,
Foliar applications, Calcium and Fragaria x annanassa
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