International Journal of Horticulture, 2025, Vol.15, No.1, 21-28 http://hortherbpublisher.com/index.php/ijh 25 Table 4 Canopy Spread (cm) of eight strawberry varieties evaluated under low-chilling conditions in Chitwan, Nepal (2020-2021) Treatments Canopy spread (cm) 30 DAT 45 DAT 60 DAT 75 DAT 90 DAT 105 DAT 120 DAT Florida Festival 19.06ab 27.39a 37.62a 44.63a 48.54a 50.13a 51.36a Florida Beauty 17.05bc 20.20c 27.13c 30.95c 33.33d 34.52d 35.29d Sweet Sensation 17.51bc 27.84a 37.96a 45.54a 48.29a 49.67ab 50.62a Winter Star 17.24bc 25.26ab 32.38b 40.34b 43.16b 45.02bc 46.02b Elyana 17.69abc 23.94b 31.35b 38.04b 40.41c 41.50c 42.22c RubyGem 19.90a 27.41a 36.26a 44.60a 47.91a 49.22ab 50.17a Winter Dawn 15.91c 19.28c 25.70cd 31.06c 33.50d 34.81d 35.51d Nyho 13.51d 17.50c 23.24d 28.94c 31.48d 28.45e 32.92d GrandMean 17.24 23.60 31.45 38.01 40.83 41.66 43.01 SEM 0.69 1.45 2.01 2.43 2.56 2.92 2.70 LSD 2.15*** 2.66*** 2.84*** 2.90*** 2.61*** 4.66*** 2.54*** CV 8.47 7.62 6.15 5.21 4.36 7.61 4.02 Note: In the DMRT, the significance level is as follows: ns=Not significant at 5% (p≤0.05). *=Significant at 5% (p≤0.01), **=Significant at 1% (p≤0.001), ***=Significant at less than1% (p<0.001). SEM: Standard error of the mean, LSD: Least significant difference, CV: Coefficient of variation 3.2 Phenological parameters Days to first flowering, number of flowers per plant, and fruit set (%) of sample plants were recorded, and significant differences were observed (Table 5). The maximum number of days to first flowering (58.57) was recorded in Ruby Gem and the minimum number of days to first flowering (34.56) was recorded in Winter Dawn. The highest average number of flowers per plant (36.38) was observed in Winter Dawn and the lowest was in Nyho (13.33). The highest number of fruits per plant was observed in Winter Dawn (25.98) and the lowest was observed in Nyho (8.56). Ruby Gem had the highest fruit set % (83.98) and Nyho had the lowest (64.45). Table 5 Phenological characteristics of eight strawberry varieties evaluated under low-chilling conditions in Chitwan, Nepal (2020-2021) Treatments Phenological characters Days to first flowering Number of flowers per plant Number of fruits per plant Fruit set (%) Florida Festival 43.80c 13.44d 11.29cd 83.98a Florida Beauty 35.17d 22.26b 17.43b 78.36ab Sweet Sensation 41.05c 20.66b 16.53b 80.01ab Winter Star 51.27b 15.48cd 11.02cd 71.30bc Elyana 49.82b 14.18cd 10.64cd 75.39ab Ruby Gem 58.57a 16.74c 12.98c 77.44ab Winter Dawn 34.56d 36.38a 25.98a 71.61bc Nyho 43.69c 13.33d 8.56d 64.45c Grand Mean 44.74 19.06 14.30 75.31 SEM 2.90 2.74 2.01 2.15 LSD 5.39*** 2.70*** 2.77*** 8.21** CV 8.20 9.63 13.18 7.42 Note: In the DMRT, the significance level is as follows: ns=Not significant at 5% (p≤0.05). *=Significant at 5% (p≤0.01), **=Significant at 1% (p≤0.001), ***=Significant at less than1% (p<0.001). SEM: Standard error of the mean, LSD: Least significant difference, CV: Coefficient of variation 3.3 Yield parameters The average weight of a fruit (g) of the different varieties was analyzed, revealing a highly significant difference (Figure 1). The highest average weight of fruit (g) was recorded in Florida Beauty (37.62 g) which was at par with Sweet Sensation (37.53 g) and the lowest was in Nyho (16.50 g).
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