Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
6TH EURASIA WASTE MANAGEMENT SYMPOSIUM, 24 - 26 Ekim 2022, ss.471-481
The use of inorganic fertilizers in agricultural production is an inevitable reality. The most important
problem of inorganic fertilizers is the high cost in terms of environment, economy and human health. The
aim of this study is to provide an effective, economical and low-cost alternative production input to
inorganic fertilizers in strawberry production. The study was carried out to determine the use of different
agricultural wastes as plant nutrient material (organic fertilizer) in strawberry cultivation applications on
yield, fruit quality, plant growth and plant nutrient content in strawberry production. In the experiment,
inorganic fertilizers and organic manure which are chicken manure and farmyard manure (cattle) were
used as fertilizer materials and sweet charlie strawberry variety was used as plant material. According to
the findings obtained in the study, organic manure gave better results than inorganic fertilizers in terms of
yield amount, fruit content characteristics (titratable acidity, total sugar, nitrate and nitrite collection)
parameters. In plant nutrient uptake parameters, organic fertilizers gave better results in macro nutrients
(chicken manure in nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium) and micronutrients (chicken manure in copper,
iron, manganese and zinc) compared to inorganic fertilizers. It was observed that farmyard manure gave
better results in plant growth parameters, plant width and root length. Our findings support that chicken
and farmyard manure can be used in strawberry production instead of inorganic fertilizers.