QUALITà ORGANOLETTICA E NUTRACEUTICA DI FRAGOLE PRODOTTE IN SICILIA

LA PRODUZIONE SICILIANA ALLA RICERCA DI INNOVAZIONI VARIETALI

Effects of different levels of nitrogen on production and quality of strawberries from fresh "plug plants"

Nitrogen is an essential element, not only for its influence on the vegetativeproductive activity of the plants but also on fruit quality (color, shelf life, etc.). To achieve high production and quality standards, reducing environment impact, the S.Ag.A Department of Palermo carried out some researches to identify the most suitable fertilization to maximize the productive potential of fresh plug plants of two cultivars of strawberry widespread in the Sicilian area, 'Sabrosa®Candonga' and 'Nora', reducing Nitrogen inputs. The experimental design adopted was a splitplot, in which the main plot was the different doses of nitrogen, 120, 170, 220, 270, 320 kg/ha and the secondary one the cultiv…

Influenza della tipologia di pianta e della concimazione azotata sulla Cv. di fragola Candonga Sabrosa.

Analisi del comportamento bio-agronomico di differenti tipologie di piante, di varietà e della tecnica colturale della fragola allevata in ambiente protetto in Sicilia

EFFECTS OF PRE-PLANT SOIL TREATMENTS ON STRAWBERRY IN SICILY

The 2005 ban by Italy of methyl bromide (MB) has resulted in significant crop management difficulties in pre-plant soil dis-infestation. We report two pre-plant soil treatment techniques and their effects on the performance of new cultivars and selections tolerant to the main root pathogens. The plants grown in soil treated with chloropicrin + 1,3 dichloropropene were the most productive. While neither treatment affected average berry weight, soluble solids content or titratable acidity, the treatment × cultivar interaction was significant and fruits from plants grown in treated soil were firmer than control s. Selection PA 260 and cultivar Florida Fortuna were the earliest, three selection…