Effects of Planting Dates on Strawberry Plug Plant Performance in Sicily

Caracciolo, Giuseppina; Moncada, Alessandra; Prinzivalli, C.; D’Anna, Francesca

doi:10.17660/actahortic.2009.842.18

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“…Greenhouse, containerized, transplant production for vegetable crops is a standard procedure in many countries of the world [2]. It allows advantages such as reduced cost against direct seeding when using hybrid seeds or grafted plants, easier mulched cultivation, improved land use efficiency, reduction of field occupation time, improved early weed control, enhanced crop earliness, and concentration of crop maturity [3][4][5][6]. These advantages are linked to transplant characteristics that may be affected by water and nutrient availability, substrate characteristics and volume, and thermal and light conditions inside the nursery greenhouse [7][8][9][10][11][12][13].…”

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Effect of Bacterial Inoculum and Fertigation Management on Nursery and Field Production of Lettuce Plants

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Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria have been applied to different vegetable crops but there is still no information on the effect of bacterial biostimulant application under variable nutritional level on lettuce seedlings and their performance after transplanting in the field. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a bacterial biostimulant to enhance growth and quality of lettuce seedlings fertigated with increasing nutrient rates and to assess the efficacy of these treatments on lettuce head production. Lettuce seedlings were inoculated with 1.5 g L−1 of TNC BactorrS13 (a commercial biostimulant containing 1.3 × 108 CFU g−1 of Bacillus spp.) and fertigated with a nutrient solution containing 0, 1, 2, and 4 g L−1 of NPK fertilizer (20-20-20). At the end of transplant production, the plants were evaluated for greenhouse cultivation. The effect of fertigation rate on seedling height, dry biomass, dry matter percentage, and water use efficiency was evident up to 2 g L−1 of fertilizer in the non-inoculated seedlings, whereas fresh biomass and nitrogen use efficiency changed up to 4 g L−1 of fertilizer. The use of the bacterial biostimulant modified seedling growth and its response to nutrient availability. The inoculation of the substrate with Bacillus spp. promoted plant growth and allowed seedlings to reach the highest height and biomass accumulation. The physiological age of lettuce seedlings showed a strong influence on plant growth and production after transplanting. The bacterial treatment positively affected the yield and nitrate content of lettuce plants.

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“…Greenhouse production of container-grown transplants has become a typical practice for vegetable crops in many vegetable production areas of the world [1]. Some of the advantages of using transplants are the possibility of anticipating planting, thus reducing field occupation time, the production of seedlings with higher and more consistent quality, the control of plant spacing in the field [2], the reduction of cost against direct seeding when using hybrid seeds or grafted plants, and concentration of crop maturity [2][3][4]. The main goal of transplant production is to produce in a short time strong, vigorous, and compact seedlings that establish and grow fast when transplanted in the field so that they can reach high yield and quality [5].…”

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Effects of Foliar Application of Gibberellic Acid on the Salt Tolerance of Tomato and Sweet Pepper Transplants

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Seed germination and early seedling growth are the plant growth stages most sensitive to salt stress. Thus, the availability of poor-quality brackish water can be a big limiting factor for the nursery vegetable industry. The exogenous supplementation of gibberellic acid (GA3) may promote growth and vigor and counterbalance salt stress in mature plants. This study aimed to test exogenous supplementation through foliar spray of 10−5 M GA3 for increasing salt tolerance of tomato and sweet pepper seedlings irrigated with increasing salinity (0, 25, and 50 mM NaCl during nursery growth. Tomato and sweet pepper seedlings suffered negative effects of salinity on plant height, biomass, shoot/root ratio, leaf number, leaf area, relative water content, and stomatal conductance. The foliar application of GA3 had a growth-promoting effect on the unstressed tomato and pepper seedlings and was successful in increasing salinity tolerance of tomato seedlings up to 25 mM NaCl and up to 50 mM NaCl in sweet pepper seedlings. This treatment could represent a sustainable strategy to use saline water in vegetable nurseries limiting its negative effect on seedling quality and production time.

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“…Algumas regiões produtoras da Europa, já utilizam este tipo de muda de-vido ao seu ciclo de frutificação precoce (D'ANNA et al, 2014). Além desta característica, o plantio antecipado destas mudas é importante, pois permite prolongar o período produtivo da cultura (CARACCIOLO et al, 2009), garantindo uma fonte de renda aos produtores durante períodos alternativos.…”

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Comportamento Produtivo De Cultivares De Morangueiro Estabelecido a Partir De Mudas Com Torrão

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O presente estudo teve como objetivo caracterizar o comportamento de cultivares de morangueiro estabelecidas a partir de mudas com torrão “plug plants” na região de Pelotas-RS. Foram utilizadas quatro cultivares de dias curtos ‘Camarosa’, ‘Strawberry Festival’, ‘Oso Grande’ e ‘Camino Real’. As mudas foram obtidas através do sistema de produção com matrizes suspensas, onde as pontas dos estolões foram enraizadas em substrato comercial. As mudas com torrão foram transplantadas para o campo de cultivo no dia 14 de abril de 2012. A cultivar ‘Oso Grande’ apresentou maiores valores de SS/AT nos picos produtivos de setembro e novembro (11,34 e 13,92 respectivamente) diferindo estatisticamente das demais cultivares. No primeiro mês de colheita (julho), as plantas de ‘Strawberry Festival’, ‘Oso Grande’ e ‘Camarosa’ apresentaram maior produção e número de frutos do que ‘Camino Real’. As maiores massas médias de fruta nos meses de julho, agosto, setembro e outubro foram obtidas em frutas da cultivar 'Camino Real'. As cultivares ‘Strawberry Festival’ 'Camarosa' e 'Oso Grande' apresentaram elevada produção comercial total (901,45; 850,45 e 801,14g.pl-1, respectivamente). Nas condições em que o estudo foi realizado foi possível concluir que as plantas das cultivares 'Camarosa', 'Strawberry Festival' e 'Oso Grande' estabelecidas com mudas com torrão apresentam elevadas produções precoces e totais e 'Camino Real' apresenta massa média de fruta superior as demais estudadas.Palavras-chave- morangueiro, dias curtos, mudas.

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Effects of Planting Dates on Strawberry Plug Plant Performance in Sicily

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Effect of Bacterial Inoculum and Fertigation Management on Nursery and Field Production of Lettuce Plants

Effect of Bacterial Inoculum and Fertigation Management on Nursery and Field Production of Lettuce Plants

Effects of Foliar Application of Gibberellic Acid on the Salt Tolerance of Tomato and Sweet Pepper Transplants

Comportamento Produtivo De Cultivares De Morangueiro Estabelecido a Partir De Mudas Com Torrão

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