"Monterey" STRAWBERRY cultivar performs well under walk-in tunnel in Colombia. La variedad de FRUTILLA (FRESA) "Monterey" se adapta bien al cultivo en macrotunel en Colombia

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In Colombia, high-tunnel systems may be a viable alternative for increasing the yields of strawberry crops due to their ability to prevent fruit losses and plant damage caused during periods of high precipitation. This study aimed to compare the yield and its relationship with vegetative and reproductive components of Albion and Monterey strawberry cultivars, established in open-field and high-tunnel systems in Cajica (Colombia), at 2,562 m a.s.l. and 4°56´N, 74°00´W. ‘Monterey’, a cultivar with more vigor, presented a higher yield that ‘Albion’. The growth conditions in the high-tunnel system promotedrapid vegetative growth in the ‘Monterey’ plants, with an increase in yield and a decrease in losses. The ‘Albion’ cultivar plants in the high-tunnel system presented a decrease in fruit losses; however, these plants did not present differences in yield compared to plants in the open-filed system. Despite the benefits of a decrease in fruit losses due to rot seen in the high-tunnel system, this system had an increase in powdery mildew and calcium deficiency.
Source: Carlos Mario Grijalba, María Mercedes Pérez-Trujillo, Diana Ruiz and Ana María Ferrucho. 2015. Agronomía Colombiana 33:147-154.
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