Research Article

Influence of Organic and Inorganic Fertilizer Regimes on Growth Patterns and Antioxidants Capacity of Strawberry (Fragaria × Ananassa Duch.) cv. Chandler

Table 2

Influence of different organic and inorganic fertilizer regimes on vegetative and reproductive growth of strawberry cv. Chandler.

TreatmentNo. of leaves per plantNo. of runners per plantDays to first flowerNo. of flowersNo. of fruitsDays to harvestYield (g)

T17.46 ± 0.75 c14.33 ± 0.48 c49.87 ± 0.46 a13.26 ± 0.90 d12.36 ± 0.32 d117.83 ± 0.56 a167.60 ± 0.93 f
T210.53 ± 0.90 bc15.50 ± 0.76 bc47.06 ± 0.73 a15.63 ± 0.75 c12.96 ± 0.71 d114.06 ± 0.73 b183.51 ± 0.89 e
T311.40 ± 0.53 bc16.43 ± 0.81 bc44.32 ± 0.32 a18.20 ± 0.70 b14.06 ± 0.52 c110.32 ± 0.32 c214.13 ± 1.72 d
T410.76 ± 1.53 bc17.33 ± 0.66 bc48.99 ± 0.57 a16.13 ± 1.15 c14.06 ± 0.60 c111.99 ± 0.67 c213.71 ± 1.86d
T516.46 ± 0.35 a25.16 ± 1.20 a43.65 ± 0.23 a20.00 ± 0.58 a17.10 ± 0.52 a100.07 ± 0.44 f313.44 ± 4.14 a
T612.00 ± 1.15b18.76 ± 1.02 bc42.07 ± 0.40 a17.96 ± 1.44b15.06 ± 0.49 ab107.11 ± 0.61d254.51 ± 4.05 c
T711.66 ± 0.88b17.46 ± 1.24 bc45.66 ± 0.38 a17.80 ± 1.10b16.16 ± 0.41 ab105.66 ± 0.38d286.51 ± 2.05b
T812.93 ± 0.69b20.46 ± 1.11b46.87 ± 0.26 a18.33 ± 1.13b15.86 ± 0.46 ab102.81 ± 0.26 e277.55 ± 3.65b

T1: control; T2: urea 150 kg N per ha; T3: FYM equivalent to 150 kg N per ha; T4: PM equivalent to 150 kg N per ha; T5: FYM equivalent to 75 kg N per ha + PM equivalent to 75 kg N per ha; T6: FYM equivalent to 75 kg N per ha + urea equivalent to 75 kg N per ha; T7: PM equivalent to 75 kg N per ha + urea equivalent to 75 kg N per ha; T8: FYM equivalent to 50 kg N per ha + PM equivalent to 50 kg N per ha + urea 50 kg N per ha. Different letters show significant () differences in treatments using Tukey’s test,  ± SEM.