Hybrid asparagus cultivars: Regional suitability and productivity for processing and fresh export in Waikato, New Zealand

Abstract

The green spear production characteristics of 26 European and United States asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) hybrids were compared with those of the open-pollinated cultivar 'Mary Washington 500W'. The higher numbers, weights,

Evaluation of Green Asparagus Varietis in the Bio-Bio Region, Chile

“…Many trials have been conducted in different places to find new alternatives of asparagus cultivars using 'UC-157' as control (Carballo et al, 1992;McCormick and Thomsen, 1995;Mullen et al, 1996;Cueto and Lesnick, 1999;Garrison et al, 1999;Stone and Roose, 1999;Drost, 2002), plus the International Asparagus Cultivar Trials (IACT) organized by the Asparagus Working Group of the International Society for Horticultural Science (Knaflewski, 1996;Paschold et al, 1996;Van Oordt et al, 1999;Benson, 2002;Jinsong, 2002). In general, 'UC-157' yield is very low in cold climates localities in Europe, where the German and Dutch cultivars predominate (Knaflewski, 1996b;Paschold et al, 1996).…”