PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS OF STRAWBERRY SEEDLINGS (Fragaria x ananassa Duch.) SUBJECTED TO DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES

Abstract

Strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duch.) is a crop of great social and economic prominence, a fact that is justified by the power to generate a significant increase in income in small production areas, involving family labor, and by the possibility of its production can be destined for both the fresh fruit market and industrialization. The cultivation of strawberries in substrate is the most consolidated and adopted modality in Brazil, and also has great potential for increasing fruit production and improving their quality. The general objective of this work is to evaluate the efficiency of using alternative organic substrates in the initial growth of strawberry seedlings grown in pots. The analyzed substrates had significant effects for the variables length of the matrix stolon, stem diameter and root length, with a significance level of 1 and 5% by the F test, unlike the variable root volume, where there was no significant effect between treatments, obtaining only numerical differences. It is concluded, then, that the treatments used proved to be effective for the production of strawberry seedlings, however, it is recommended to use a substrate based on decomposed babassu stems, together with soil, as it proved to be superior in all aspects. variables analyzed. Furthermore, the decomposed babassu stem is viable due to its ease of acquisition and low cost.