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AUTHOR
G Baruzzi
PALATINA
L'ATTIVITA' DI BREEDING PUBBLICO ITALIANO SU FRAGOLA
MIGLIORAMENTO DELLA PRODUZIONE E DELLA QUALITA':STUDI VARIETALI E DI PROPAGAZIONE IN SICILIA
KILO CULTIVAR DI FRAGOLA
Il miglioramento genetico della fragola in Sicilia
Strawberry Variety Trial in Sicily.
The Sicilian strawberry area differs from other Italian strawberry areas for its high earliness with productions that start in November-December. The earliness due to the very low plant winter chilling requirement is a very important characteristic to define the variety adaptability to this environment. Through the "Liste varietali Fragola" project funded by MiPAAF, many new varieties and advanced selections are evaluated annually in Sicily. Here, at the moment, the main variety is Florida Fortuna, followed by Candonga ® Sabrosa and Naiad ® CIVL35. Florida Fortuna, released in Florida, showed to be very interesting especially for its outstanding earliness, a high yield and good fruit qualit…