Evaluation of Strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duch.) Cultivars for Growth, Flowering and Fruiting Behavior under Farmer’s Field Condition (Baadi) in Chhattisgarh Plain Region

Abstract

Strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duch.) is one of the most important soft fruits belongs to the family Rosaceae. A research trial was conducted in farmer’s field condition (Baadi) at village-Bharregaon, (dist.-Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh) and the research farm of College of Horticulture and Research Station, Rajnandgaon (C.G.) during the winter spring season of the year 2017-18 to evaluate different strawberry cultivars for growth, flowering and fruiting behavior under farmer’s field condition (Baadi) in the plain region of Chhattisgarh. The experiment was conducted with two best performing strawberry cultivars namely Nabila and Camarosa replicated four times using student’s t-test. The results of the research trial revealed that the strawberry cv. Nabila recorded maximum vegetative growth i.e., plant height, number of leaves, plant spread, number of runners per plant and length of runners, while the minimum were recorded under the cultivar Camarosa. Earliest flowering, fruit setting and fruit ripening was exhibited under the cultivar Nabila, whereas the cultivar Camarosa had too late in flowering, fruit setting and ripening of the fruits under farmer’s field condition (Baadi).