Produção e qualidade de mudas e frutas de morangueiro no Brasil e na Itália

Abstract

The study aimed to evaluate the growth, yield and quality of strawberry fruit under different conditions of transplants and fruits production. It was evaluated: origins of bare root (Argentina, Chile, Chuí and São Francisco de Paula) and cell volumes in trays for the plug transplants production, it was carried in Pelotas, Brazil, at Embrapa Clima Temperado (CPACT) in the years 2010 and 2011. It was also evaluated the influence of genotype and site of cultivation on bioactives compounds and physicochemical characteristics in fruits of strawberry produced at Italian climatic conditions, during the year 2012. Three experiments were conducted: (1) the influence of the transplant origin on plant development and fruit production in strawberry; (2) growth, plant development and fruit yield from plug plants produced in different cell volumes in the tray; (3) characterization of the production and fruits quality of strawberry genotypes produced in different Italian areas. In the first two experiments, the transplant growth, development and plant production were evaluated. In the third experiment, the quality attributes in strawberry fruits were evaluated. Is necessary import strawberry transplants due to poor quality of those produced in local nurseries. Camarosa cultivar is a better cultivation alternative than 'Camino Real'. In the plug plants production, larger containers volumes produce plants with larger crown diameter, root and shoot dry mass, resulting in higher early yield. In Italy, the production areas with colder climates provide greater fruit yield, however, in areas with warmer weather, get a higher fruit quality. The cultivar Nora is a good alternative for the studied regions, because despite high yield, has a high concentration of bioactive compounds. To CE 51, CE 56 and Nora genotypes had higher values in the quality attributes.