Effect of inorganic and bio-fertilizers on growth and yield of strawberry [Fragaria x ananassa L. Duch.] cv. CHANDLER in Central Uttar Pradesh

A field experiment was conducted during 2014-15 to study the performance of different levels of inorganic fertilizers with combination of bio-fertilizers at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow. It comprised application of different level of inorganic and bio-fertilizers in Randomized Block Design with thirteen treatments i.e. T 1 -Control (No inorganic and no bio-fertilizer),T 2 -(100 kg N ha -1 + Azotobacter),T 3 -(100 kg N ha -1 + PSB),T 4 -(75 kg N ha -1 + Azotobacter),T 5 -(75 kg N ha -1 + PSB),T 6 -(60 kg P ha -1 + Azotobacter), T 7 -(60 kg P ha -1 + PSB),T 8 -(45 kg P ha -1 + Azotobacter),T 9 -(45 kg P ha - 1 + PSB),T 10 -(60 kg K ha -1 + Azotobacter),T 11 -(60 kg K ha -1 + PSB),T 12 -(45 kg K ha -1 + Azotobacter) and T 13 -(45 kg K ha -1 + PSB). It was observed that overall minimum plant height was obtained (14.18 cm) at 90 days after transplanting in T 1 -Control and maximum plant height (18.67 cm) in T 2 -(100 kg N ha -1 + Azotobacter). The maximum number of leaves was recorded highest (18.67) in T 2 -(100 kg N ha -1 + Azotobacter) with followed by (17.67) in T 4 -(75 kg N ha -1 + Azotobacter). The minimum spreading of plant in North-South direction (15.63 cm) was recorded in case of control. The highest yield per plant observed in T 2 (173.42g). Among the thirteen treatments T 2 -(100 Kg N ha -1 + Azotobacter) showed best performance in terms of maximum fruit yield of strawberry.