Effect of High Tunnels on the Growth, Yields, and Soluble Solids of Strawberry Cultivars in Florida

Salamé-Donoso, Teresa P.; Santos, Bielinski M.; Chandler, Craig K.; Sargent, Steven A.

doi:10.1080/15538362.2010.510420

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“…Pattison and Wolf (2011) demonstrated that strawberry earliness could be advanced up to 4 weeks and duplicated yields under protected culture. Kadir et al (2006) and Salame-Donoso et al (2010) proved that strawberry leaf area and number, shoot biomass, and soluble solid content improved under high tunnels. In southern highbush blueberry, previous studies conducted in Italy, Portugal, and Japan indicated that production could be from 1 week to 1 month earlier under high tunnels compared with open-field production (Baptista et al, 2006;Ciordia et al, 2002;Ozeki and Tamada, 2006).…”

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Performance of Southern Highbush Blueberry Cultivars Under High Tunnels in Florida

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Salamé-Donoso²

2012

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A study was conducted over two southern highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum × Vaccinium darrowi) seasons in a grower field in Florida. The objective was to compare the early fruit weight of southern highbush blueberry cultivars in high tunnels and in open fields. Four treatments were tested using combinations of two southern highbush blueberry cultivars (Snow Chaser and Springhigh) and two production systems (open fields and 18-ft-high tunnels). The results indicated that there was a significant effect of the production systems on the number of days with air temperatures at or near freezing (≤34 °F), and maximum and minimum air temperatures. The minimum air temperature in open-field plots reached ≈19 and 21 °F (61 freezing or near-freezing events) in the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons, respectively, whereas the minimum air temperatures inside the high tunnels were ≈32 and 33 °F, respectively, during the same seasons (only 3 days at ≤34 °F). This indicated that using high tunnels was an effective means to avoid freezing air temperatures in blueberries. In the first season, the cumulative early fruit weight was the highest in plots planted with ‘Snow Chaser’ inside the high tunnels (≈10 tons/acre), while the combined production of the two cultivars in the open fields did not reach 1 ton/acre until the end of the early harvests. The following year, there were no differences in the cumulative early fruit weight of both cultivars when planted in the open fields (2.2 tons/acre) and the cumulative fruit yields of ‘Springhigh’ and ‘Snow Chaser’ growing inside the high tunnels was twice and four times higher, respectively, than the early fruit production obtained in the open fields. These data showed the profound effect of high tunnels on flower protection and fruit set. High tunnels reduced water use for freeze protection. The total volume used in the open fields during the freezing or near-freezing days was ≈2.5 acre-inch/acre per 8 hours of freeze protection, whereas only 1/10 of that volume was applied inside the structures.

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Performance of Southern Highbush Blueberry Cultivars Under High Tunnels in Florida

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2012

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“…En cuanto a los factores abióticos, las limitaciones se deben a la exposi-INTRODUCCIÓN ción a condiciones climáticas adversas, altas precipitaciones, el efecto mecánico del granizo, las heladas y los vientos fuertes. Bajo condiciones protegidas, el cultivo de fresa se caracteriza por el elevado costo de estructuras como los invernaderos y la baja relación costo/beneficio en los sistemas de producción controlada; es así como algunos productores de fresa a nivel mundial optaron por preferir la tecnología de los macrotúneles dado su menor costo (William y Lamont, 2009), la practicidad en la instalación, la adaptación a diversas condiciones topográficas y la vida útil de algunos diseños que puede ser hasta de 10 años (Flórez y Mora, 2010;Salamé-Donoso et al, 2010). De acuerdo con Carroll (2010), en el mundo hay cerca de 769 millones de hectáreas de cultivos comerciales cubiertas por macrotúneles; en los Estados Unidos, el mayor productor y exportador de fresa existen cerca de 1.780 ha que utilizan esta tecnología.…”

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Determinación de los costos de producción de la fresa cultivada a campo abierto y bajo macrotúnel

Rubio

Alfonso

Grijalba

et al. 2014

Rev. Colomb. Cienc. Hortic.

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En Colombia el cultivo de la fresa se realiza principalmente a campo abierto, lo que presenta algunas limitaciones relacionadas con el ataque de plagas y enfermedades como Botrytis cinerea y Sphaerotheca macularis, las cuales pueden generar pérdidas importantes en la producción, sumadas a las causadas por otros factores relacionados con la exposición a condiciones climáticas adversas. Se ha venido implementando la tecnología de los macrotúneles en este cultivo para contrarrestar estos efectos, por lo cual el objetivo de este estudio fue caracterizar los costos de producción variables asociados al cultivo de la fresa, realizando comparaciones entre las dos condiciones ambientales: a campo abierto y bajo macrotúnel, con el fin de determinar la viabilidad de implementar esta tecnología. El experimento se llevó a cabo en el Campus Nueva Granada de la Universidad Militar ubicado en Cajicá (Cundinamarca, Colombia), en un área de 403 m 2 dispuestos en tres macrotúneles (MT) y a campo abierto (CA), con un total de 1.620 plantas. Para la recolección de los costos se empleó un libro de registro de campo el cual se diligenció diariamente y en orden cronológico durante 56 semanas. Los resultados obtenidos permiten concluir que es aconsejable que los productores realicen la inversión de los MT dado que su costo es bajo y tienen una larga vida útil, más si se tiene en cuenta que las pérdidas ocasionadas por B. cinerea son mayores a CA que bajo MT y representa un costo superior en cuanto a su manejo en comparación con otras enfermedades y ataque de plagas. Determinación de los costos de producción de la fresa cultivada a campo abierto y bajo macrotúnel Determination of the production costs of strawberry cultivated in an open field and with a high tunnel Cultivo de fresa bajo macrotúnel en Cajicá (Cundinamarca).

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“…More than 1 month of early-season extension was reported for high tunnel production in New Hampshire tomatoes (Wells, 1991) as well as Kansas and Utah strawberries (Fragaria ·ananassa) (Kadir et al, 2006;Rowley et al, 2010). In addition, Florida strawberry yields were 54% greater and marketable fruit weight 69% greater in high tunnels compared with the field (Salame-Donoso et al, 2010). Flower and fruit production were accelerated for Southern highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) in Georgia; however, the lack of nighttime freeze protection in the spring made the crop vulnerable to fruit abortion (Ogden and van Iersel, 2009).…”

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High Tunnel and Field Production of Organic Heirloom Tomatoes: Yield, Fruit Quality, Disease, and Microclimate

O’Connell

Rivard²,

Peet³

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Additional index words. Solanum lycopersicum, greenhouse, season extension, plasticulture, hoop house, local markets, IPM Abstract. Organic and heirloom tomatoes are high-value products with growing demand but there are many challenges to successful cultivation. A systems comparison study was carried out to evaluate the production of the popular heirloom tomato 'Cherokee Purple' (Solanum lycopersicum L.) under high tunnel and open field systems in North Carolina from 2007 to 2008. Management of the high tunnel (i.e., temperature and irrigation), weather events as well as pest and disease pressure influenced crop quality and yield. The high tunnel and field systems achieved similar total yields (100 t · ha L1 ) the first season but yields were 33% greater in the high tunnel system than the field system in the second year (100 t · ha L1 and 67 t · ha L1 , respectively). Both years, the tomatoes were planted in high tunnels 1 month earlier and harvested 3 weeks earlier than the field. The accumulation of ' '1100 growing degree-days (GDD) was required in both systems before 50% of the fruit was harvested. Fruit cracking, cat-facing, blossom-end rot, and insect damage were the major categories of defects in both systems. Incidence of both Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV) and Gray Leaf Spot (GLS) were lower in the high tunnel compared with the field in 2007 and 2008, respectively. Results of this study suggest that with proper management techniques, high tunnels can optimize yields, increase fruit quality, and provide season extension opportunities for high-value horticultural crops.

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Effect of High Tunnels on the Growth, Yields, and Soluble Solids of Strawberry Cultivars in Florida

Cited by 28 publications

References 10 publications

Performance of Southern Highbush Blueberry Cultivars Under High Tunnels in Florida

Performance of Southern Highbush Blueberry Cultivars Under High Tunnels in Florida

Determinación de los costos de producción de la fresa cultivada a campo abierto y bajo macrotúnel

High Tunnel and Field Production of Organic Heirloom Tomatoes: Yield, Fruit Quality, Disease, and Microclimate

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