Changes in quality parameters of strawberry fruit through drip irrigation under protected cultivation

Abstract

The present study was conducted at experimental farm of CSK HPKV, Palampur (Himachal Pradesh), during the year 2015-16 with the objectives of evaluating the effects of drip irrigation and NK fertigation levels on growth and quality of strawberry under protected condition. The treatments comprised of three drip irrigation levels (DI0.6, DI0.8 and DI1.0), three NK fertigation levels (NK50, NK75 and NK100) and Control (C). The results indicated that DI1.0 treatment due to favourable soil moisture regimes led to higher TSS content while vitamin C was higher in DI0.6. In case of different NK fertigation treatment, NK100 and NK75 had higher fruit length, breadth, weight and TSS content as compared to NK50 treatment.