Author(s):

HK Panigrahi, Pushpa Parihar and Sangeeta

Abstract: Strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duch.) is one of the most important temperate fruit crops belongs to the family Rosaceae but now it can also be grown in tropical and sub-tropical climatic region. A research trial was conducted at Research Farm of Centre of Excellence on Protected Cultivation and Precision Farming under net tunnel, College of Agriculture, IGKV, Raipur (C.G.) to evaluate different strawberry cultivars for growth parameters, flowering, fruiting and fruit maturity under net tunnel condition in the plain region of Chhattisgarh. The experiment was conducted with twelve strawberry cultivars replicated three times in Randomized Completely Block Design. Result regarding growth parameters revealed that cv. Nabila recorded maximum vegetative growth i.e. Plant height, number of leaves, plant spread and number of runners per plant, while the minimum was recorded in Gili. Earliest flowering, fruiting and fruit maturity was exhibited by Sabrina, whereas E1-1333 had too late flowering, fruiting and maturity of the fruits.

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