Low tunnels for season extension of day-neutral strawberries in the US Pacific Northwest

Fernandez-Salvador, Javier; Chernoh, E.; Pheil, A.; Renne, B.

doi:10.17660/actahortic.2021.1309.39

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“…Low tunnels and mulches, such as straw, present an alternative to insulate fall-planted tubers from subfreezing temperatures and reduce costs compared to high tunnel production [15,23,34,40]. Low tunnels covered with fabric row cover or greenhouse plastic can increase average daily maximum temperatures by up to 3 • C (soil) to 18 • C (air) [41,42]. Mulch can provide further insulation of the soil.…”

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Anemone Cut Flower Timing, Yield, and Quality in a High-Elevation Field and High Tunnel

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A narrow window of optimal spring temperatures limits anemone (Anemone coronaria L.) cut flower production in the US Intermountain West, where fall plantings risk winter injury and spring plantings are limited by summer dormancy. Regional management recommendations are needed to improve anemone harvest timing and yield for growers in USDA hardiness zones 6 and below (average annual minimum temperatures below −18 °C). The aim of this research was to optimize flower timing, yield, quality, and profitability in high tunnel and field production systems by evaluating planting dates, winter insulation, tuber preparation, and cultivar selection. High tunnel and field trials were conducted from fall 2020 to spring 2022 in North Logan, UT (41.767° N, −111.811° W, 1405 m elevation, USDA hardiness zone 5). Tubers were pre-sprouted or directly planted into a high tunnel (left bare or covered with low tunnels) or field (left bare or covered with mulch, a low tunnel, or mulch and a low tunnel) from November to April. Harvest began as early as 2 March in the high tunnel and 9 April in the field, with overall average marketable yields (stems per m2 ± SE) of 142 ± 7 in the high tunnel and 85 ± 4 in the field. Planting pre-sprouted tubers under low tunnels in the high tunnel in November delivered the earliest harvest (2 March), greatest marketable yield (280 stems per m2 ± 73 SE), and greatest net returns ($38 per m2). For November field plantings, insulation improved emergence by 75% and marketable yield by 77 stems per m2 ± 15 SE. Combining high tunnel and field production with the season advancement techniques of fall planting dates, low-cost insulation, and pre-sprouting resulted in high total yields in the Intermountain West compared to traditional industry recommendations.

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Anemone Cut Flower Timing, Yield, and Quality in a High-Elevation Field and High Tunnel

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Characterization of selected growing media for greenhouse-grown strawberries

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Productivity of garden strawberry and breeding possibilities to improve it

Marchenko

2021

Sib. vestn. s-h. nauki

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The information on the productivity trait of garden strawberry Fragaria × ananassa (Duchesne ex Weston) Duchesne ex Rozier has been summarized on the basis of literary sources. The productivity trait has a complex polygenic character. Independent inheritance of individual productivity components allows modeling their optimal combination in a new variety. The creation of highly productive varieties of strawberries is based on intraspecific hybridization. The established positive correlation between the size of berries and the yield indicates the possibility of increasing the productivity of varieties by using large-fruited forms in breeding. At present, in various zones of horticulture, researchers distinguish large-fruited varieties of domestic breeding: ‘Atlas', ‘Bereginya', ‘Vityaz', ‘Grenada', ‘Zabelinskaya', ‘Kemiya', ‘Nashe Podmoscovie', ‘Nelly', ‘Pervoklassnitsa', ‘Rusich', ‘Solnechnaya Polyanka', ‘Solovushka', ‘Festivalnaya Romashka', ‘Fruktovaya', ‘Tsaritsa', ‘Yaponka', and foreign breeding: ‘Alba', ‘Asia', ‘Elsanta', ‘Finesse', ‘Florense', ‘Vivaldi', ‘Galia', ‘Jive', ‘Joly', ‘M. Champion', ‘Merced', ‘Murano', ‘Onda', ‘Roxana', ‘Rumba', ‘Tarda Vicoda', ‘Vima Kimberly', ‘Vima Tarda', ‘Vima Rina', ‘Vima Xima'. It was noted that when using the inbreeding method, it is possible to achieve a heterotic effect on the basis of the productivity trait. The method of genetic modifications of plants is of great importance for breeding of complex quantitative traits of productivity, including yield. Expansion of the genetic base of garden strawberry by means of octoploid and polyploid forms of wild species will ensure an increase in the productivity of new varieties due to the inclusion of traits of adaptability to biotic and abiotic factors in the genotype. The use of modern research methods (screening of the metabolomic and biochemical profile, DNA certification, molecular labeling) increases the objectivity of research and the efficiency of the breeding process.

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Low tunnels for season extension of day-neutral strawberries in the US Pacific Northwest

Cited by 3 publications

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Anemone Cut Flower Timing, Yield, and Quality in a High-Elevation Field and High Tunnel

Anemone Cut Flower Timing, Yield, and Quality in a High-Elevation Field and High Tunnel

Characterization of selected growing media for greenhouse-grown strawberries

Productivity of garden strawberry and breeding possibilities to improve it

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