Nutrient Solution: Agronomic Characteristics and Quality of Strawberry Fruits Cultivated in Substrate | Chapter 14 | Advances and Trends in Agricultural Sciences Vol. 1
Aims: This study determined a nutritive solution and
evaluated the performance in the development, production and quality of
strawberry cultivated in the substrate.
Study Design: The treatments were commercial and recommended
nutritional solutions for strawberry using the methods of Castelane and Araújo
(C.A.), Furlani and Fernandes Junior (F.F.J.) and the proposed solution with
seven replicates.
Place and Duration of Study: The experiment was carried out in the experimental
area of the Federal Technological University of Paraná, Brazil, in the period
between May and December 2014.
Methodology: Agronomic variables such as yield, number of
fruits, nutrient content, physiological indicators, physical and chemical
characteristics of fruits were analysed.
Results: The proposed nutrient solution resulted in larger
masses of fresh and dry matter (225.4 g plant-1 and 27.5 g plant-1), number of
fruits (40.1) and fresh fruit mass (750.4 g plant-¹), in relation to the other
evaluated solutions. The proposed solution resulted in better physical and
chemical characteristics such as soluble solids, reducing and total sugars,
anthocyanins, flavonoids, phenolic compounds and ascorbic acid and the
strawberry fruits presented an attractive colour and met the quality standards
for the consumer. The highest levels of nitrogen (33.7 g kg-1), phosphorus (9.3
g kg-1), and potassium (28.2 g kg-1) in the leaf tissue were found in the
proposed solution and contributed to productivity and fruit quality gains of a
strawberry.
Conclusion: These results provide a nutrient base and can be
adapted to other cultivars in different locations. In this study, the proposed
nutrient solution contributed to productivity gains, fruit quality and comes as
an option of adequate nutrient content for the strawberry, with ionic balance,
without excess nutrients. These results provide a nutrient base and can be
adapted to other cultivars in different locations.
Author Details:
Dalva Paulus
Department of Agronomy,
Federal University of Technology - Paraná, Paraná - 85660-000, Brazil.
Anderson Santin
Department of Agronomy,
Federal University of Technology - Paraná, Paraná - 85660-000, Brazil.
View Volume: https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/atias/v1
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