Growth and yield response of strawberry cultivars under northern transitional tract of Karnataka

Abstract

A research trial was carried out in the experimental field at Hi-Tech Horticulture Unit, Main AgriculturalResearch Station, University of Agricultural Scienes, Dharwad during rabi season of 2021-22 to evaluate the performanceof strawberry cultivars for the Northern transitional tract of Karnataka. The results revealed that cultivar Winter Dawnproduced higher vegetative growth with higher plant height, number of leaves, plant spread, leaf area, number of crowns andrunners per plant while the minimum was in cultivar Sweet Ann. Early flowering and fruiting was observed by FloridaBeauty and Winter Dawn respectively whereas Pircinque was too late in flowering. Maximum number of flowers and fruitsper plant was recorded in cultivar Winter Dawn and Brilliance, respectively. Larger and higher fruit weight having maximumduration of harvesting was observed in Winter Dawn while highest number of pickings was obtained in Brilliance. Highestfruit yield per plant was recorded in Winter Dawn which was on par with Brilliance