Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
Li, Tongyin
Committee Member
Bi, Guihong
Committee Member
Stafne, Eric T.
Committee Member
Cox, Michael S.
Date of Degree
11-25-2020
Original embargo terms
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Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Open Access
Major
Horticulture
Degree Name
Master of Science
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.)
College
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
College
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Department
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
Department
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
Abstract
Strawberry cultivar performance affected by various cultural practices was investigated in two production systems. The first study investigated strawberry yield, fruit quality, and production timing of eight cultivars when using black and red plastic mulches in a high tunnel production system. The high tunnel increased air temperatures and advanced strawberry fruiting by four to six weeks compared to local openield production. The second study investigated plant growth, yield, and fruit quality of 10 cultivars fertilized with organic or conventional fertilizer and irrigated once or twice daily with the same total irrigation volume in a container system. Strawberry cultivars varied in their yield and quality variables including soluble solids contents, firmness, and titratible acidity in the two production systems. Mulch color, fertilizer type, and irrigation frequency had varying effects on the growth microenvironment, fruit yield, and certain quality variables.
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11668/20877
Recommended Citation
Lalk, Geoffrey Thomas, "A comparison of strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) cultivars affected by different cultural practices in two production systems" (2020). Theses and Dissertations. 69.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/69