A comparison of Vertical and Conventional Cultivation, Planting Distances and Growing Medium in the Growth and Yield of Three Varieties of Strawberry

• Published in: IOP conference series. Earth and environmental science Vol. 904; no. 1; pp. 12060 - 12068
• Main Authors: Mustafa, M A, Abdul Rahman, H B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.11.2021
• Subjects: Chlorophyll; Cultivars; Cultivation; Fruits; Greenhouses; Horticulture; Leaves; Planting; Plants; Strawberries; Terrestrial environments; Yield
• ISSN: 1755-1307; 1755-1315
• DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/904/1/012060

Abstract This study is conducted in the unheated greenhouse of the Department of Horticulture and Landscape-College of Agriculture – Tikrit University during the two seasons 2019-2020. It aims at comparing between vertical and terrestrial cultivation and cultivation distances in growth and yield of three cultivars of strawberry. The study includes three factors. The first factor is the method of cultivation which includes two methods of cultivation, terrestrial cultivation and vertical cultivation in pipes. The second factor is planting distances which include three distances, 15, 20 and 25 cm between one plant and another, The third factor related to varieties and includes three, namely Camarosa, Ventana and Sweet Charlie, The experiment is implemented by randomized complete block design according to the split-split Plot Design system, with three replications, each replicate containing 9 experimental units with a length of 2 meters, the cultivation method was set in the main plots and the planting distances in the sub-plots, while the cultivars took the sub-sub-plots. The results have shown the superiority of the terrestrial cultivation treatment over the vertical cultivation in each of the number of leaves, the content of the leaves from chlorophyll, the average number of fruits, the weight of the fruit and the yield of the greenhouse, which reached to 13.74 leaves of plant -1 , 49.25 SPAD, 15.71 fruit plant -1 , 15.28 gm, and 238.5 gm plant -1 , respectively. The Sweet Charlie variety outperformed in the average number of leaves, leaf content of chlorophyll, fruit weight and greenhouse yield, with 15.97 leaves plant -1 , 50.47 SPAD, 15.39 gm and 231.5 gm plant -1 , respectively. The distance 25 cm between one plant and another outperformed in the above-mentioned characteristics, which reached to 13.97 leaves plant -1 , 49.98 SPAD, 15.25 fruits plant -1 and 212.3 gm plant -1 , respectively.