Strawberry Production Using Hydroponics: Effect of Iron and Manganese on Productivity and Quality of Strawberry Grown in Water Culture

Strawberry is one of the most important crops for export. It facing a problem with micro nutrients which leads to decrease the productivity and quality of strawberry fruits such as number of fruits, set %, total yield, early yield, TSS, vitamin C and firmness of fruits. Nutrient management is one of the most important factors for the successful hydroponic culture. Using of nutrient solution in the plant nutrition is the key for the production in soilless culture techniques. This permits a program to be created to identify the nutritional state of the plants at any states of its development and consequently avoid nutritional imbalance, which would limit the growth of the plant.

Assistant Researcher at Soilless Culture Dep., CLAC, Agriculture Research Center, Egypt. Obtained M.Sc. degree in Agricultural Science (Agricultural and Food Production in Arid Lands Program) from Arid Land Agricultural Graduate Studies and Research Institute(ALARI), Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University in 2010.