EFFECT OF FOLIAR SPRAY TREATMENTS WITH SOME NATURAL EXTRACTS ON PRODUCTIVITY AND FRUIT QUALITY OF STRAWBERRY UNDER SANDY SOIL CONDITIONS | ||
| Journal of Productivity and Development | ||
| Article 14, Volume 19, Issue 3, August 2014, Pages 237-252 PDF (325.72 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jpd.2014.42658 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Nouri Alamin Kushlaf* 1; Pritam Kalia2 | ||
| 1Plant Production Dept., Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, Zawia University, Zawia , Libya. | ||
| 2Division of Vegetable Science, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi-110012 | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This experiment was carried out during the two seasons of 2011/2012 and 2012/2013 at a Private Vegetable Farm in El-Kassasein distract, Ismailia Governorate, Egypt, to investigate the effect of foliar spray with some natural material extracts (cinnamon, chili pepper, henna and turmeric at 1 or 2g/ liter of each) beside control treatment (foliar spray with water only) on some physiological, chemical measurements, yield and its components and fruit quality of strawberry plants cv. Festival grown in sandy soil and using drip irrigation system. The obtained results can be summarized as follows: Spraying plants with henna or turmeric extracts 2 g/l of each had significant effect on plant height, number of leaves/ plant, shoot dry weight, total chlorophyll in leaves, N, P and K contents and their uptake by shoots, early and total yield/fed., average fruit weight as compared to the other foliar treatments or control in both seasons. Moreover, spraying strawberry plants with turmeric extract at 2 g/l recorded the highest values of all abovementioned traits, total sugars and anthocyanin content in fruit in both seasons. In addition, spraying plant with henna extracts at 2 g/ l recorded the highest fruit firmness in both seasons, nevertheless the maximum vitamin C was obtained with plants received 2 g/l chili pepper extract in both seasons. Conclusively, from the foregoing results of this study, it could be concluded that spraying strawberry plants with henna or turmeric extracts 2 g/l of each four times beginning 60 days from transplanting and 15 days intervals were the best treatments for increased plant growth , total yield and fruit quality of strawberry under sandy soil conditions. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| strawberry; natural extracts; Cinnamon; chili pepper; henna; turmeric extracts; yield and fruit quality | ||
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