Author(s):

SP Gaikwad, VM Sali and SU Chalak

Abstract: Strawberry (Fragaria sp) is native of temperate regions but varieties are available which can be cultivated in subtropical climate. In recent years strawberry is being successfully cultivated in plains of Maharashtra around Pune, Nashik and Sangli. Strawberry is grown in autumn and summer season at Mahabaleshwar. A wide range of varieties are being grown. A trial was conducted during 2016-2017 to evaluate the performance of cultivars mainly Camerosa, Winter Dwan, Nabila and Seascape. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with four treatments and five replications. Observations were recorded on different vegetative characters like plant height (cm), plant spread (cm) and reproductive characters like number of fruits/plant, fruit weight, yield / plant, yield/ ha, TSS and harvesting duration in days. The Cv. Seascape recorded minimum height (22.9 cm), fruit weight (24.40 g) and yield / plant (839 g) and yield / ha (33.55 MT) however, it was statically at par with the Cv. Winter Dwan and Nabila. The Cv. Nabila recorded the highest plant height (30.80 cm) while the cultivar Winter Dwan recorded significantly the maximum East - West (35.92 cm) and North - South (33.92 cm) spread which was found on par with cultivar Camerosa (32.92 and 31.28 respectively) and Nabila (32.00 cm in respect of North - South spread).

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