Evaluación de bioestimulantes alternativos para la inducción de floración en el cultivo de fresa (Fragaria x ananassa)

Abstract

The present research work was carried out in the Juan Benigno Vela parish, Tungurahua Province, Ambato canton, whose geographical coordinates are -1 °19'22.4″ S, 78°42'30.6″ W, with the objective of evaluating the effect of Alternative biostimulants in stimulating flowering in strawberry. The treatments were willow shoot extract, rice water and ozonated oil plus a commercial control, where a completely randomized block design was used, with three repetitions. The analysis of variance was carried out, taking into account the significant difference at 5%, in the same way as the Tukey tests. The economic analysis was carried out with the benefit-cost ratio methodology. The treatments that presented the best results are the extract of willow shoots as an alternative product. In the variable peduncle length, the willow extract presents a significant difference, in terms of clusters per plant and numbers of flowers per plant, they are statistically similar. The economic analysis by treatment results in rice water being more useful because the production cost is lower compared to the other treatments used in the experiment. Keywords Analysis, difference, extract, relationship, utility