Performance of strawberry genotypes in bangladesh

Abstract

Abstract : An experiment was conducted to study the variability and performance of six strawberry genotypes at the Research field and Laboratory of the Department of Horticulture, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Salna, Gazipur, during November 2007 to April 2008. Remarkable variabilities were recorded among the genotypes in respect of days to flower initiation, flowers/truss, flower disk diameter, fruit weight, fruit length, fruit width, number of fruits/plant, weight of fruits/plant, yield/ha and fruit TSS(%). Days to flower initiation, flowers per truss, flower trusses per plant, flower diameter and flower disk diameter ranges from 71.64 to 81.87, 7.40 to 12.73,2.49 to 3.94,1.74 cm to 2.44 cm, 0.66 cm to 0.90 cm, respectively. The heaviest (24.70 g) and the lightest (8.34 g) fruits were obtained from the genotypes FA002 and FA005 respectively. Number of fruits per plant, weight of fruits per plant and fruit TSS (%) ranged from 13.74 to 25.00 and 129.85 g to 442.50 g and 8.57 to 13.44 respectively. The genotype FA002 gave the maximum fruit yield (22.78 t/ha) while the genotype FA005 gave the minimum (7.05 t/ha).