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Macro-Elements in Liquid Fertilization Influence Differently in Occurrence and Growth of Runner Plants in Strawberry Propagation
Saleha Farjana1
,
In Sook Park1
,
Jong Myung Choi1*
1Department of Horticultural Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea
*Corresponding Author
28 February 2025. pp. 21-32
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Abstract

Seedlings were transplanted to a commercial root medium in Autumn that had 83.9, 74.2, and 9.7% of total porosity, container capacity and air-filled porosity, respectively. Then, 6 treatment solutions were formulated containing all the essential nutrients with only N, P, K, Ca, Mg, or S and applied until the cold treatment of the mother plants. The cold treated (low temperature treatment at 1°C) mother plants were transplanted in late March, and the growth of the mother plants and the occurrence of runner plants were investigated 90 days later. Data on the root medium chemical properties and tissue contents of the mother plants were analyzed in the Spring season. A significant statistical difference was absent in the root medium pH among the treatments (5.23–5.82). The greatest growth of mother plants in terms of dry weight and the occurrence of runner plants in ‘Altaking’ and ‘Vitaberry’ were found in the P- and K- controlled treatments respectively, but in ‘Kuemsil’, the growth of the mother plant was highest in the Mg- controlled treatment and maximum occurrence of a runner plant was observed in the S- controlled treatments. In contrast, the lowest growth was observed in the N- controlled treatment for all the cultivars of strawberries tested. In addition, the N content of the tissues of ‘Altaking’, ‘Kuemsil’, and ‘Vitaberry’ when their growth was highest was 3.59, 3.81, and 4.00%, respectively, based on the dry weight of the aboveground tissues. Furthermore, the root medium nutrient concentrations in the same treatments were as follows: 44.9, 48.0, and 47.8 mg L-1 NO3-; 138.5, 187.3, and 181.4 mg L-1 PO43-; 232.4, 174.6, and 147.1 mg L-1 K+; 14.7, 15.5, and 31.6 mg L-1 Ca2+; 11.0, 15.5, and 27.6 mg L-1 Mg2+, and 50.0, 47.5, and 39.9 mg L-1 SO42-, respectively. However, there was no significant statistical difference in the dry weights of the mother plants among the treatments of the strawberry cultivars; however, the lowest was with the N- controlled treatment. The above results indicate that the occurrence and growth of runner plants via vegetative propagation in the Spring season was influenced by N fertilization to the mother plants in the Fall season.

Keywords
immergence of runner plant
macronutrient stress
mother plant growth
tissue content
vegetative propagation
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  • Publisher :KOREAN SOCIETY FOR HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국원예학회
  • Journal Title :Horticultural Science and Technology
  • Journal Title(Ko) :원예과학기술지
  • Volume : 43
  • No :1
  • Pages :21-32
  • Received Date : 2024-01-08
  • Revised Date : 2024-05-30
  • Accepted Date : 2024-06-24
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7235/HORT.20250018
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