ISHS Acta Horticulturae 439: III International Strawberry Symposium
PERFORMANCE OF NEW STRAWBERRY CULTIVARS UNDER HUNGARIAN CONDITIONS |
| Author: | F. Dénes |
| Keywords: | Fragaria x ananassa, cultivar evaluation |
| Abstract:
‘Gorella’ made up 80–90% of the total strawberry propagation five years ago, because this cultivar was very well adapted to Hungarian climatic conditions. Imported cultivars, such as Hakras' Romata, Bogota, Korona and Senga Litessa, and the domestic cultivars Kortes and Fertõdi 5 formed only a small proportion of the strawberry area. Recently there have been great changes in strawberry growing. Foreign postal shopping services and nurseries sell brand-new cultivars to Hungarian growers. These cultivars can be marketed after applying to the National Institute for Agricultural Quality Control to enter the cultivar in the National List. The cultivars are investigated at two stations with different conditions in Hungary. The study has a randomised design with two replicates. Each replicate consists of 50 plants. Cultivar distinctness, uniformity, stability, yield and quality (size, firmness, suitability for preserving, organoleptic properties) are all judged. The productivity of ‘Elsanta’ is very good and this cultivar has been planted to the greatest extent recently. Though ‘Elsanta’ is susceptible to crown rot disease, it may be a very important cultivar in the future, because the continental climate is less favourable for the spread of Phytophthora cactorum. In general, cultivars bred at CPRO-DLO Wageningen gave good results. The Hungarian National List of strawberries needs to be supplemented with cultivars which are suitable for PYO growing which ripen at the end of the season. Everbearing cultivars are needed to a greater extent for home gardening. | |
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