Title
Side-dressing fertilization on strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) 'Aromas' at three locations in Huaura Valley-Peru
Date Issued
20 April 2017
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Publisher(s)
International Society for Horticultural Science
Abstract
Strawberry growers at Huaura Valley in Peru use to side-dress strawberries twice. The last one occurs two-three months before harvest initiation. No base fertilization is practiced. A third side-dressing of NPKMgZn was applied at three different locations at Huaura Valley 11-12 days before harvest started. This additional side-dressing increased yields: increasing daily harvest in a longer period than usual. Yield increases ranged from 14 to 43% among the three locations. The lowest yield obtained with the current fertilization was 40.1 t ha-1 and the highest yield with an extra side-dressing fertilization was 71.6 t ha-1. A third side-dressing fertilization is a good option to increase yield and therefore profitability for strawberry growers at Huaura Valley.
Start page
343
End page
348
Volume
1156
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Agricultura
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85019879878
ISBN
9789462611528
Source
Acta Horticulturae
Resource of which it is part
Acta Horticulturae
ISSN of the container
05677572
ISBN of the container
978-946261152-8
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