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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Effects of plant type on two strawberry cultivars in Sicily

Giuseppina CaraccioloWalther FaediRoberta AlessandroFabio D'anna

subject

HorticultureCash cropcultural technique fresh plant earliness yield fruit qualityRipeningCultivarSettore AGR/04 - Orticoltura E FloricolturaHorticultureBiologyCroppingFortuna

description

In Sicily fresh plants have for years been replacing the once popular cold-stored ones. Good early cropping is the aim of all strawberry growers in the island’s Marsala district. The present trial tested the response of the new strawberry cultivars ‘Sabrosa’ and ‘Florida Fortuna’ using fresh plug and bare-root plants. ‘Florida Fortuna’ plug-plants turned out to be the most promising type as a cash crop in delivering extra early ripening.

http://hdl.handle.net/10447/104817