Effects of cultural planting date and on yield and yield components of strawberry in organic production (in Hashtgerd climate condition)

Subject Areas : Journal of Plant Ecophysiology

seyed morteza zahedi ¹ , Zeinab Nazemi ² , Zeinab Houshmand Panah ³

1 - ph.D Student
2 - دانشکده کشاورزی، دانشگاه پیام نور، واحد تهران
3 - دانش آموخته

Received: 2014-10-18 Accepted : 2015-04-15 Published : 2015-10-01

Keywords: Anthocyanin, Vitamin C, Morphological Characteristics, Camarosa,

Abstract :

In order to study the effects of planting date and plant density on morphological characteristics, quality as well as yield of strawberry, a split plot experiment was carried out based on randomized complete block design with three replications in Hashtgerd, Alborz Province, during 2013-2014. Main plots were three planting dates of February 20, March 11 and April 9 and sub-plots included three inter-row spacing of 20, 30 and 40 cm. The results indicated that planting date of March 11, as the best date, had the highest fruit yield by about 148.67 gr/plant which was above 30% increase of yield compared with April 9 . Moreover, the highest amount of vitamin C, anthocyanin, TSS, TA, TSS/TA and firmness were achieved in this time. As regards planting space, space increases from 20 to 40 cm increased yield by almost 25%. In general, the results showed that in Hashtgerd climate condition, the best planting date and space for strawberry, among experimented values, were March 11th and 40 cm respectively.