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1. Active Germplasm bank of strawberry (BGA) in Argentina

Author:
Arias, M. E.; Diaz Ricci, J. C.; Castagnaro, A. P.
Source:
Acta horticulturae 2014 no.1049 pp. 275-279
ISSN:
0567-7572
Subject:
Duchesnea indica; Fragaria ananassa; Fragaria chiloensis; Fragaria vesca; Fragaria virginiana; Potentilla; breeding; cultivars; fungi; genotype; germplasm; hybrids; pathogens; researchers; seeds; strawberries; Argentina
Abstract:
... During the 90s in Tucuman, north of Argentina, the Active Germplasm Bank (BGA) of strawberry was established and initiated its collection with an interdisciplinary vision. The main objectives of BGA are: collect, preserve, propagate, provide researchers and investigate strawberry germplasm, for breeding programs and for different research lines. The BGA is a national and regional reference of stra ...

2. Alternatives to strawberry methyl bromide fumigation in Sicily

Author:
Palermo, M. L.; Angileri, G.; Signorino, G.; Faedi, W.; Baruzzi, G.
Source:
Acta horticulturae 2014 no.1049 pp. 703-706
ISSN:
0567-7572
Subject:
biofumigation; chloropicrin; disinfestation; metam; methyl bromide; organic matter; soil; soil solarization; strawberries; Sicily
Abstract:
... A four-year trial was carried out in a district of Marsala, Sicily, to determine the best pre-plant soil disinfestation method using chloropicrin + 1,3-D, metam-sodium, and the eco-sustainable techniques of solarisation and biofumigation, the treatments being applied with and without organic matter. The results showed that soil solarisation with green polythene film could potentially be the best e ...

3. Analysis of bioactive compounds in cooked strawberry

Author:
Arias, A.; Palanco, J.; Gomez, A.; Torres, M.; Rodriguez, M.
Source:
Acta horticulturae 2014 no.1049 pp. 777-780
ISSN:
0567-7572
Subject:
Fragaria; ascorbic acid; bioactive properties; cooked foods; cooking; discriminant analysis; electrospray ionization mass spectrometry; ellagic acid; flavonoids; heat treatment; high performance liquid chromatography; ionization; lipids; phenolic compounds; principal component analysis; strawberries; Spain
Abstract:
... High-performance liquid chromatography with diode array (LC-DAD) and electrospray ionization mass spectrometric detection (ESI-MS) was used to analyze phenolic compounds of cooking strawberries (Fragaria × ananassa) growing in the south of Spain. Other compounds of nutritional interest, such as vitamin C, carbohydrates, fibers, fats, were analyzed by standard methods. The aim of this study is to a ...

4. Antioxidants and health benefits of strawberries

Author:
Wang, S. Y.
Source:
Acta horticulturae 2014 no.1049 pp. 49-62
ISSN:
0567-7572
Subject:
antioxidant activity; antioxidants; apoptosis; byproducts; chemoprevention; chronic diseases; cytotoxicity; fruit extracts; fruits; genotype; heart diseases; human diseases; human health; humans; ingestion; lung neoplasms; metabolism; mitogen-activated protein kinase; mononuclear leukocytes; morbidity; mortality; oxidative stress; postharvest treatment; reactive oxygen species; strawberries; transcription factor NF-kappa B; vegetables
Abstract:
... Strawberries are a good source of natural antioxidants and antioxidant enzymes which provide protection against harmful free radicals and play an important role in protecting human health. Free radicals or reactive oxygen species (ROS) are generated as by-products of normal metabolism and under stressful conditions. Increased levels of these free radicals or ROS could create oxidative stress, whic ...

5. Assessing the Possible Causes of Strawberry Dried Calyx Disorder

Author:
Martinez, F.; Palencia, P.; Vazquez, E.; Lopez-Medina, J.
Source:
Acta horticulturae 2014 no.1049 pp. 385-390
ISSN:
0567-7572
Subject:
Fragaria ananassa; bags; calyx; coir; cultivars; culture media; electrical conductivity; hydroponics; irrigation water; perlite; planting; polyethylene; salinity; strawberries; Spain
Abstract:
... Trials were performed in Huelva (Spain) during 2010 and 2011 crop cycles on strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duch.) cultivars. During 2010 crop cycle preliminary assays were conducted to characterize the symptom characteristics of 'strawberry dried calyx disorder' and tolerance to different types of salinity in the irrigation water in soilless growing system. At the end of 2010 crop cycle fruit fro ...

6. 'Baotong' - a new, early and high quality strawberry cultivar

Author:
Duan, Lixiao; Tian, Feng; Zhang, Xingluan; Liu, Yongquan; Wang, Caifen; Xu, Xingzhou
Source:
Acta horticulturae 2014 no.1049 pp. 253-254
ISSN:
0567-7572
Subject:
crossing; cultivars; firmness; flavor; foliar diseases; powdery mildew; soluble solids; strawberries; taste; vegetative growth
Abstract:
... 'Baotong' is a new strawberry cultivar developed by crossing 'Benihomalei' with 'Camarosa'. The fruit is neat, the fruit surface is flat, the taste is good, and the firmness is moderate. The largest fruit mass reaches 44.7 g. Soluble solid content accounts for 10.3%. The fruit firmness is 0.58 kg/cm2. Compared with the 'Toyonoka' and 'Benihoppe', 'Baotong' is more resistant to powdery mildew and s ...

7. Bio-control Bacillus strain TS02 for control of strawberry powdery mildew and its molecular identification

Author:
Chen, Chong; Wei, Yu; Fan, Tengfei; Zhang, Wen; Zhang, Guozhen; Liu, Qizhi; Liu, Haigeng; Wang, Jieming; Zhang, Lusheng
Source:
Acta horticulturae 2014 no.1049 pp. 607-611
ISSN:
0567-7572
Subject:
Bacillus cereus; Sphaerotheca macularis; bacteria; field experimentation; growth retardation; leaves; monophyly; pathogens; pesticides; powdery mildew; secretion; sequence analysis; soil; strawberries; China
Abstract:
... Powdery mildew of strawberry is a major limitation for strawberry production in most strawberry growing areas of the world. Bio-control management is a good way to cope with this disease. Bacillus TS02 is a bio-control strain which was isolated from soil. The TS02 bio-controlling experiments were done according to the standard field experimental rule of pesticide controlling effect of China. The r ...

8. Biocontrol of strawberry root rot and petiole blight by use of non-pathogenic Fusarium sp. strains

Author:
Morocko-Bicevska, I.; Fatehi, J.; Gerhardson, B.
Source:
Acta horticulturae 2014 no.1049 pp. 599-605
ISSN:
0567-7572
Subject:
Fusarium; Gnomonia; biological control; blight; disease severity; greenhouses; growth promotion; pathogens; petioles; plant growth; root rot; roots; soil; strawberries; Latvia; Sweden
Abstract:
... Gnomonia fragariae Kleb. causes severe root rot and petiole blight of strawberry. The pathogen has been found to be involved in the strawberry root rot complex in Latvia and Sweden. Since the disease has been recently discovered, currently no control measures are available. The biocontrol ability of two non-pathogenic Fusarium sp. strains, A37 and A38, originated from strawberry roots against Gnom ...

9. Bio-Extract in organic strawberry production of Amphoe Bo Kleua, Nan Province, Thailand

Author:
Thongthieng, T.; Tongtraibhop, P.
Source:
Acta horticulturae 2014 no.1049 pp. 719-722
ISSN:
0567-7572
Subject:
Azadirachta indica; Zingiber montanum; business enterprises; canopy; crop yield; difenoconazole; disease incidence; farmers; forests; fruit juices; growing season; imports; income; insects; mangosteens; models; oranges; organic fertilizers; plant growth; plant hormones; planting; production costs; quality of life; resource management; rice; rice straw; seeds; spraying; strawberries; sugars; tourism; tourists; wet season; whisky; yams; Thailand
Abstract:
... Organic strawberry production and the tourism service business are being integrated by using a participation process of farmer groups to learn how to manage resources and community’s potential to increase the income after rice planting in plain areas and highland rice planting in rainy season of Amphoe Bo Kleua, Nan Province in the northern part of Thailand. This is adding value to strawberry prod ...

10. Biological control against aphids in strawberry using a cocktail of parasitoids

Author:
Baroffio, C. A.; Turquet, M.; Rosemeyer, V.
Source:
Acta horticulturae 2014 no.1049 pp. 627-633
ISSN:
0567-7572
Subject:
Rhodobium porosum; biological control; chemical treatment; crops; greenhouses; integrated pest management; parasitoids; soilless culture; strawberries; Belgium; France; Switzerland
Abstract:
... A cocktail of six species of parasitoids has been used to control aphids on strawberry in Switzerland and France in protected and soilless crops. The cocktail was developed by Viridaxis in Belgium and labeled FresaProtect. In Switzerland, this cocktail was tested during two years under tunnel on everbearing strawberries. The results after the first year proved the efficacy and vitality of FresaPro ...

11. Biological control of anthracnose crown rot in strawberry using Bacillus velezensis NSB-1

Author:
Nam, M. H.; Kim, H. S.; Lee, H. D.; Whang, K. S.; Kim, H. G.
Source:
Acta horticulturae 2014 no.1049 pp. 685-688
ISSN:
0567-7572
Subject:
Glomerella cingulata; anthracnose; biological control; crown rot; cultivars; field experimentation; fungicides; leaves; strawberries; Korean Peninsula
Abstract:
... Bacillus velezensis NSB-1 isolate, selected from strawberry leaves in Korea, has shown levels of antagonism towards Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, the causal organism of anthracnose crown rot (ACR) in vitro. The isolate was identified as B. velezensis based on morphological, biochemical and molecular characteristics. NSB-1 was evaluated for control of ACR of strawberry cultivar ‘Seolhyang’ in pot ...

12. CATT as a sustainable method for disinfestation of strawberry mother planting stock

Author:
Kruistum, G. van; Hoek, H.; Verschoor, J.; Molendijk, L.
Source:
Acta horticulturae 2014 no.1049 pp. 575-579
ISSN:
0567-7572
Subject:
Fragaria; Meloidogyne hapla; Phytonemus pallidus; Pratylenchus penetrans; Tetranychus urticae; adverse effects; carbon dioxide; disinfestation; insect pests; mites; mortality; plant parasitic nematodes; planting; strawberries; temperature
Abstract:
... From 2009 Controlled Atmosphere Temperature Treatment (CATT) is scaled up to a commercial level and widely applied by Dutch producers of strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) mother planting stock. CATT is a non-chemical and sustainable method to disinfest plant material from insect pests. Frigo plants are treated after storage and before planting during 48 h at a temperature of 35°C and 50% CO2. Thi ...

13. Changes of character-impact odorants in processing strawberry cultivars during maturation

Author:
Li, X. X.; Nanba, Y.; Miyoshi, S.; Fukuhara, K.
Source:
Acta horticulturae 2014 no.1049 pp. 783-787
ISSN:
0567-7572
Subject:
acids; aldehydes; cultivars; developmental stages; esters; fruits; gas chromatography; lactones; linalool; manual harvesting; mass spectrometry; octanol; odor compounds; odors; strawberries
Abstract:
... Changes in the incidence of character-impact odorants were investigated in four processing strawberry cultivars, ‘Hokowase’, ‘Marshall’, ‘Senga Sengana’, and ‘Totem’, during fruit maturation. Fruits were hand-harvested from open fields at five developmental stages – light green, white, half red, full red, and dark red. The volatile compounds were extracted by Porapak Q column (PQ ...

14. Chemical and biological alternatives for soil disinfestation in strawberry production

Author:
Clemens, S.; Thoelen, M.; Meurrens, F.; Morren, H.; Coosemans, J.
Source:
Acta horticulturae 2014 no.1049 pp. 697-702
ISSN:
0567-7572
Subject:
1,3-dichloropropene; European Union; Nematoda; Verticillium; active ingredients; biofumigation; broccoli; cauliflower; chloropicrin; compliance; cultivars; disinfestation; farm profitability; field experimentation; growers; leeks; methyl bromide; methyl iodide; methyl isothiocyanate; organic fertilizers; plasticulture; risk; soil; strawberries
Abstract:
... After the phase-out of methyl bromide in the European Union, soil disinfestation has involved the use of mixtures of 1,3-dichloropropene (1,-D) and chloropicrin (PIC), or the stand alone use of chloropicrin, 1,3D, methyl isothiocyanate-generating compounds, dimethyl disulfide (DMDS) and methyl iodide. However, in compliance with European regulations the future use of these products is highly unert ...

15. Chromosome Observation Methods in the Genus Fragaria

Author:
Nathewet, P.; Yanagi, T.
Source:
Acta horticulturae 2014 no.1049 pp. 201-206
ISSN:
0567-7572
Subject:
8-hydroxyquinoline; Fragaria; acetic acid; chromosomes; digital images; diploidy; fluorescent lighting; genome; hydrochloric acid; in situ hybridization; karyotyping; light microscopy; root tips; strawberries; temperature
Abstract:
... Distinguishing strawberry chromosomes using light microscopy is extremely difficult, not only because of their small size and large number, but also because the current observation methods warrant improvement. To date, karyotype analysis in strawberry plants has not been completely examined. The objective of the present research was to improve the chromosome staining methods, to obtain clear image ...

16. Cloning and expression analysis of two MADS-box genes from strawberry fruit

Author:
Zhou, H. C.; Kang, Z. R.; Zhao, X.; Li, G.; Li
Source:
Acta horticulturae 2014 no.1049 pp. 349-353
ISSN:
0567-7572
Subject:
3' untranslated regions; Fragaria ananassa; amino acids; complementary DNA; flowers; fruiting; fruits; genes; open reading frames; proteins; reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; ripening; strawberries
Abstract:
... A MADS-box protein gene named FaMADS1 was isolated from fruit tissue of strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duch. 'Toyonoka') by RT-PCR and RACE. The result of the sequencing showed that the nucleotide sequence of FaMADS1 gene has 98% similarity with the Fv-MADS-9 gene sequences from the GenBank. The cDNA gene sequence is 1,167 bp in length with a 747 bp open reading frame encoding 249 amino acid prot ...

17. Cold storage of strawberry plants for overwintering in a double cropping system in plastic greenhouse

Author:
Stoffels, K.; Delm, T. van; Melis, P.; Baets, W.
Source:
Acta horticulturae 2014 no.1049 pp. 565-571
ISSN:
0567-7572
Subject:
air flow; autumn; cell respiration; cold; cold storage; cold treatment; cooling; cooling systems; double cropping; foil; frost; frost injury; leaves; overwintering; plastic bags; plastic greenhouses; plastics; spring; strawberries; temperature; winter; Belgium
Abstract:
... By combining different cultivation systems, year-round strawberry production is pursued in Belgium. In a double-cropping system in plastic greenhouses, the plants need enough chilling between the first crop in autumn and the second crop in spring. On the other hand, the plants should be protected against frost during the winter. By storing the plants in cooling units, temperature can be controlled ...

18. comparison of agronomic treatments to improve average berry size in everbearing strawberries (Fragaria x ananassa)

Author:
Bayard, M. L.; Troop, S.
Source:
Acta horticulturae 2014 no.1049 pp. 497-501
ISSN:
0567-7572
Subject:
Fragaria ananassa; canopy; everbearing cultivars; growers; harvesting; horticulture; industry; leaf area index; leaves; markets; planting; statistics; strawberries; United Kingdom
Abstract:
... The total area of strawberry grown in the UK is nearly 5000 ha producing 110,000 t (DEFRA Basic Horticultural Statistics, 2011) of which approximately 40% is of everbearing cultivars. As everbearers are a very important component within the UK strawberry industry, it is essential to maximise the yield of class 1 berries for the growers. In many everbearer cultivars the average fruit size decreases ...

19. Comparison of the deformed fruit rates in the first and second runner generations of micropropagated plants

Author:
Wang, G. X.; Chang, L. L.; Dong, J.; Zhong, C. F.; Wang, L. N.; Zhang, Y. T.
Source:
Acta horticulturae 2014 no.1049 pp. 545-547
ISSN:
0567-7572
Subject:
cultivars; greenhouses; micropropagation
Abstract:
... The deformed fruit rates were investigated among the first and second runner generations of micropropagated plants of four cultivars ‘Sweet Charlie’, ‘Camarosa’, ‘Benihoppe’ and ‘Tianxiang’ in the greenhouse. The results indicated that the first runner generations of micropropagated plants of ‘Sweet Charlie’ and ‘Camarosa’ had the higher deformed fruit rates in production. ...

20. Comparison of two irrigation management systems in strawberry

Author:
Ancay, A.; Vincent, M.; Baroffio, C. A.
Source:
Acta horticulturae 2014 no.1049 pp. 529-533
ISSN:
0567-7572
Subject:
crops; cultivars; fruit yield; irrigation management; irrigation water; labor; management systems; microirrigation; monitoring; production costs; raised beds; reading; soil water; spring; strawberries; surge irrigation; tensiometers; wages and remuneration; wastes; Switzerland
Abstract:
... In Switzerland, the major part of the 420 ha of strawberry crops are cultivated on plastic-covered raised beds equipped with drip irrigation. The irrigation management is based on monitoring the soil moisture. Such a monitoring, if based on the visual reading of tensiometers combined with a manually operated irrigation system, is time consuming. In Switzerland, salaries are high and are a major pr ...