Possibilities of organic strawberry runner plant production under adana conditions

ABSTRACTMSc THESISPOSSIBILITIES OF ORGANIC STRAWBERRY RUNNER PLANTPRODUCTION UNDER ADANA CONDITIONSDerya IĞDIRLIDEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTUREINSTITUTE OF BASIC AND APPLIED SCIENCESUNIVERSITY OF CUKUROVASupervisor: Prof. Dr. Nurgül TÜREMİŞYear: 2006, Page: 86Jury : Prof. Dr. Nurgül TÜREMİŞ: Prof. Dr. Sevgi PAYDAŞ: Prof. Dr. Veyis TANSIThis study was carried out to search the effects of some organic applications(farmyard manure, chicken manure, green manuring and combinations) onstrawberry plant production yield and quality during 2004-2005 in Adana. At the endof the study, runner plant numbers per parcel units were calculated and classified intoqualites, root length, stem thickness, dry matter rates of root and stem were alsorecorded. Comparison was performed between organic applications withconventional techniques upon these runner plant quality determining factors.All treatment applied during the study had increasing effects on runner plantyield and quality parameters. The highest number of runner plant (193) per m2 wasobtained from farm manure+soybean combination. The highest rate of first qualityrunner plant (26 %) was investigated from groundnut application. The highest drymatter rates of root and stem which takes great share in runner plant quality as wellas root length and stem thickness were recorded from soybean applied runner plants.Key Words: Strawberry runner plant production, Chicken manure, Farmyardmanure, Green manuring, Organic fertilisingII