Effect of planting time on the performance of strawberry cv chandler in subtropical region of punjab

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Aamina Sadiq and Amarjeet Kaur

A field experiment was carried out in the Department of Horticulture, Khalsa College, Amritsar during the year 2016-17 to standardize the planting time of strawberry cv. Chandler in subtropical region of Punjab. The runners of strawberry cv Chandler were planted at 30x40 cm apart on the raised beds on seven times of planting i.e.1st September,15th September,1st October 15th October, 30th October, 15th November and 30th November 2017 respectively. The experiment was laid out in Randomised Block Design (RBD). The results of the study indicated that out of the various planting times the vegetative growth, flowering and fruiting of strawberry was increased in the planting time of 15th October with the maximum plant establishment (89.17 %), plant height(21.11 cm), number of shoots per plant(10.00), leaves(26.06), leaf area(82.19 cm2 ), number of flowers(31.10), fruits(23.16) and fruit set(80.1%) respectively.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijcar.2017.5245.0680
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