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 rel...