POTENTIAL OF TRICHODERMA AS CONSISTENT PLANT GROWTH STIMULATORS OF STRAWBERRY

The study was conducted at Horticulture Farm, Department of Horticulture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, during January 2015 to April 2015, to evaluate the performance Trichoderma on growth and yield of strawberry. Four concentrations of trichoderma, viz. T₀, control; T₁, 100 g/m²; T₂, 200 g/m² and T₃, 300 g/m² were applied in randomized completely block design (RCBD) with four replications.  Number of runner, number of stolon, chlorophyll percentage, plant survival percentage (%),  number of fruits/plant, fruit length (mm), fruit diameter (mm), fruit weight (g), total fruit weight (g/plant) were showed significant variation among all treatments. Results showed that highest fruit yield/plant found in T₁ (702.9.0 g), whereas minimum (220.05g) from T₂. Rate of survival ability of strawberry plants observed highest (79.5) in T₁ (100 g/m²) and lowest (42.7) was in Control.