The ratios of the production rates K*0(892)/K, &fgr;/K, &rgr;0/&pgr;, &ohgr;/&pgr;, &Dgr;++(1232)/p, &Sgr;*+(1385)/&Lgr;, &Ygr;−/&Lgr; and theirxp‐dependence obtained from results of the LEP and SLD experiments in Z0hadronic decays are analyzed. The corresponding ratios for the promptly produced mesons are estimated atxp→ 1. A comparison of the LEP results with those from the Mirabelle and BEBC bubble chamber K+p experiments at 32 and 70 GeV/cshows striking similarity in fragmentation of thes¯valence quark of the incident K+and strange quarks produced in Z0decays. © 2002 American Institute of Physics