PROTECTED CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES IN TUNISIA

ISHS Acta Horticulturae 42: Symposium on Cultivation of Vegetables under Protection in the Mediterranean Regions

PROTECTED CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES IN TUNISIA

Authors:

D. Elliseche, A. M'Hedhbi, J.C. Laberche

Abstract:
The present vegetable protected cultivation in Tunisia covers about 150 hectares with polyethylene low tunnels and 3 hectares of plastic greenhouses. The most important vegetables grown under protection are : muskmelon "Charentais", cucumber "Fakous" (Cucumis melo flexuosus) and pepper.

During recent years experiments have been conducted by the authors on the following subjects:

behaviour and production calendar of some other vegetables grown under low tunnels : squash, french bean, strawberry;
comparison of plastic films for low tunnels : polyethylene, perforated polyethylene, perforated PVC; and in strawberry trials, study of the association between covering and soil plastic mulching;
comparison for early tomato production of traditional individual wind-screens of reeds (Saccharum) and of individual plastic wind-screens, with or without soil plastic mulching.

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