Effects of planting time on phenology of five strawberry genotypes Sweet Charlie, Festival,Camarosa, FA 008, and BARI strawberry-1 were evaluated at Bangladesh Agricultural ResearchInstitute in two consecutive years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011. Sweet Charlie took the shorter time tobegin flowering, followed by BARI Strawberry-1 and Festival when planted in 1st October. GenotypeFA 008 took longer time to flower when planted in 1st December. Days to flowering of all the varietieswas found to decrease with the increase in air temperature. Regardless of planting year, the genotype FA005 followed by Camarosa and Festival, planted on 1st September, exhibited the longest harvest duration,while Sweet Charlie planted on 1st December exhibited the shortest harvest duration in both years.Genotype Festival planted on October yielded fruit with the greatest fruit weight, followed by SweetCharlie and Camarosa planted on the same date. Plants of FA 008 and BARI Strawberry-1 plantedin December produced minimum fruit weight. Maximum number of fruits/plant as well as yield/plantobtained from Sweet Charlie planted in October, while BARI Strawberry-1 planted in December yieldedthe least. With the use of quadratic equation it was estimated that maximum yield was obtained at ambienttemperature 18.5 °C then it was decreased with the increase of temperature. Strawberry planted in earlyOctober was found to be the most suitable in Bangladesh. Among the studied genotypes, Sweet Charliewas found to be superior in yield and early planting, and Camarosa was suitable for late planting. Festivalwas found less sensitive to planting date.
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