NEW Webinar室内垂直农场环境中二十五个草莓栽培品种的生长、形态、产量和果实质量特征

美国PP SYSTEMS公司将于国际协调时间2024年7月24日上午11点邀请美国俄亥俄州立大学Lin Yiyun博士为全球用户做题为“Characterizing the growth, morphology, productivity, and fruit quality of twenty-five strawberry cultivars in an indoor vertical farm environment”的学术报告，有意者可访问美国PP SYSTEMS公司官网https://ppsystems.com/webinars/注册报名参加。

Indoor vertical farming enables superior strawberry production through optimized conditions. As strawberry growth, production, and quality can be largely affected by genotype and environment, it is important to identify cultivars with characteristics desirable for indoor production. Twenty-five publicly available strawberry cultivars were selected from the USDA-ARS National Clonal Germplasm Repository and evaluated in a walk-in growth chamber. Strawberries ‘Mara des Bois’ and ‘Dover’ with early production, higher average weekly yield, and low sensitivity to dormancy-inducing photoperiod were recommended for indoor cultivation. Fruit quality traits, including size, shape, color, firmness, total soluble solid content (Brix), and titratable acidity (TA) were evaluated. ‘Chandler’ produced the largest fruit, ‘Sweet Sunrise’ showed the lowest calyx-to-fruit size value, and ‘Mara des Bois’, ‘Hood’, ‘Benton’, and ‘Puget Beauty’ fruit had a Brix-to-TA ratio ≥ 1.0. Correlations among productivity, quality, and morphological characteristics revealed the potential to enhance both productivity and quality by optimizing environmental conditions. The information on strawberry plant growth, development, and fruit production provided in this study can assist indoor growers in cultivar selection and potentially contribute to the development of new strawberry cultivars that thrive in indoor production.

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