The California Fig Industry

Ferguson, Louise; Michailides, Themis J.; Shorey, H. H.

doi:10.1002/9781118060858.ch9

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“…Edible fi gs reportedly became established across the Mediterranean region around 6,000 years ago (Ferguson et al 1990 ) . Archeological evidence from the Jordan Valley suggests it is one of the earliest plants domesticated, 11,000 years ago, much earlier than wheat, barley and legumes (Kislev et al 2006 ) .…”

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Emerging Fruit Crops

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Hundreds of fruit species with commercial potential are currently in a status of low economic importance. Some, such as quince, pomegranate, and fi gs, have been cultivated for thousands of years. Others have only been locally collected and consumed from wild populations of the fruit. The development of these underappreciated crops depends on a range of factors including the cultivation limitations, yields, uses of the fruit, and marketing potential. Although initially many crops are developed using selections from the wild, as they are developed, breeding programs work toward improving the crop for both production and quality. This chapter examines nine emerging crops chosen among hundreds of potential crops which are currently showing much promise as commercial crops. These include fi ve tree fruits, namely, pawpaw, quince, mayhaw, pomegranate, and fi g, and four berry crops, namely, blue honeysuckle, elder, goji, and 'ōhelo. Erect plant with spreading branches, reaches 6 m without size control; fruit orange to red L. chinense P. Mill Prostrate rambler, can grow on itself to 2 m (WPSM p. 694-696); fruit orange to red L. ruthenicum Murr.

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“…Male fig plants give three types of fruit annually; profichi (in summer), mammoni (in autumn) and mamme (in winter). Profichi (the main crop) is used for pollination of main summer crop of female trees (Ferguson et al, 1990 (Kjelberg et al, 1987).…”

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Assessment of Genetic Relationship among Male and Female Fig Genotypes Using Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) Markers

Teoman

İpek

Ertürk

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“…Pruning has been shown to stimulate growth ant not to influence dormancy [21]. Some authors reported that fig is growing better under mild winters [15][16][17][18]20], but no data on chilling was given.…”

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“…The cultivated fig (Ficus carica L.) is a deciduous species native to arid regions of Asia and is well adapted to the Mediterranean regions [14,15]. It grows well under high light and low humidity [15][16][17][18].…”

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Dormancy of Fig Cultivated under Moroccan Conditions

Oukabli¹,

Mekaoui²

2012

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Fig (Ficus carica L.) is a deciduous species well adapted to Mediterranean conditions but its chilling requirement is still not well understood. The present study examines the pattern of bud-break in seven fig cultivars over two years under Moroccan conditions. Evaluation of dormancy behavior was made using a biological test known as "single node cuttings" carried out under controlled conditions. The responses of cultivars from Morocco, Italy, Spain and France were assessed. The period from full leaf fall to bud-break was characterized by a small variation (10 -20 days) which did not appear to reflect the origin of the cultivars. Steady-sates were at high level in the middle of December or in January depending on the year. During the cold period, MTB didn't exceed 200 days for "Borjassate noire", "Ournakssi" and "Kadota" and varied from 100 to 128 days for the other cultivars. Therefore, dormancy was not deep and its period was short. Forcing bud during the coldest period allowed to a bud break but it didn't exceed 10% and dormancy wasn't complete. Missing bud break wasn't observed and the geographic origin of examined cultivars didn't seem to determine the length, and the deepness of bud dormancy. Bud-break occurred within a month of last leaf fall in the cultivars, indicating that they were all suited to commercial production in Morocco. Apparently, bud-break is more reliable in fig than it is in other Rosaceous species in this environment.

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The California Fig Industry

Cited by 38 publications

References 71 publications

Emerging Fruit Crops

Emerging Fruit Crops

Assessment of Genetic Relationship among Male and Female Fig Genotypes Using Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) Markers

Dormancy of Fig Cultivated under Moroccan Conditions

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