Growth, yield and economic analysis of strawberry under nutrient film technique of hydroponic system

Abstract

An experiment entitled “Growth, yield and economic analysis of strawberry c.v. Winter Dawn under close Hydroponics system” was conducted in Naini Agricultural Institute, SHUATS, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. A Randomized Block Design was adopted as a method for analysis. The experiment included 9 treatments with 3 replication, which included 20 plants of strawberry in each treatment. The quantity of nutrients varies in each treatment from T1- T9 with respect to the timing of flow and amount of water used. The timing of flow of nutrients in each replication was 24hr./day, 18 hr./day, 12hr./day respectively . Out of all the treatments T1 turned out to the best combination for the growth due to suitable amount of nutrients and appropriate timing for strawberry in hydroponics setup. The yield was also more in the treatment T1 as compared to other treatments. The benefit cost ratio was recorded best in T1 set up, i.e. 1:1.229.