Crown size and transplant type on the strawberry yield



Título del documento: Crown size and transplant type on the strawberry yield
Revista: Scientia agricola
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000359371
ISSN: 0103-9016
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
2Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Departamento de Fitotecnia, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
Año:
Periodo: Jul-Ago
Volumen: 68
Número: 4
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Nota breve o noticia
Enfoque: Experimental, analítico
Resumen en inglés Strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa D.) yield is affected by vigor of transplants. Those young and vigorous at planting lead to plants reaching higher vegetative growth and fruit yield than weak or old ones. This study aimed at determining plant growth, development, and fruit yield of the strawberry plant from bare root and plug transplants with different crown diameters. Bare root transplants were produced by rooting stolons and plug transplants from runner tips collected and rooted in a substrate growing bed. Three classes of crown diameters were compared in a 2 × 3 factorial and randomized block experimental design, with four replications, 16 plants per plot and a density of 6.6 plants m-2. For bare root transplants, crown diameters were between 3.0 and 5.0 mm (class 1); 5.1 and 8.0 mm (class 2) and greater than 8.1 mm (class 3). For plug transplants, runner tips were screened between 2.0 and 3.9 mm (class 1); 4.0 and 5.5 mm (class 2) and 5.6 to 7.0 mm (class 3). Transplants of both types were planted at April 16th, 2008, and at this date, crown diameter, shoot and root dry mass and number of leaves were higher in all classes of plug transplants. Ripe fruits were harvested from June 15th to November 7th, 2008, and fresh fruit yield was determined. Plant growth and development were determined at last harvest. Higher growth, development and fruit yield were obtained in plants from plug transplants. For bare root transplants, crown diameters higher than 5.1 mm can be used while for plug transplants the crown diameter of runner tips does not affect plant growth and fruit yield
Disciplinas: Agrociencias
Palabras clave: Fitotecnia,
Frutales,
Fresa,
Fragaria x ananassa,
Trasplante,
Almácigos,
Rendimiento,
Propagación
Keyword: Agricultural sciences,
Crop husbandry,
Fruit trees,
Strawberry,
Fragaria x ananassa,
Transplanting,
Seedbeds,
Yield,
Propagation
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