Marcellini, Micol and Raffaelli, Davide and Pergolotti, Valeria and Balducci, Francesca and Marcellini, Mirco and Capocasa, Franco and Mezzetti, Bruno and Mazzoni, Luca UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED, bruno.mezzetti@uneatlantico.es, UNSPECIFIED (2023) Growth and Yield of Strawberry Cultivars under Low Nitrogen Supply in Italy. Horticulturae, 9 (11). p. 1165. ISSN 2311-7524
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Abstract
Nitrogen plays a vital role in plants’ biochemical and physiological functions, and it contributes significantly to increasing plant yield and fruit quality. Plants that efficiently absorb and utilize nitrogen enhance the efficiency of fertilizers, reducing their input costs and preventing ecosystem damage. Thus, an adequate nitrogen supply can significantly improve plant growth, fruit quality, and nutritional value. This research focused on evaluating the plant vegetative and productive performance and fruit quality of three short-day strawberry genotypes (“Cristina”, “Romina”, and “Sibilla”) that were fertilized with different amounts of nitrogen, in a crop that was protected under a plastic tunnel. The trial was conducted during two cultivation cycles. The nitrogen rates were 113, 90, and 68 kg/ha for the first year, and 118, 97, and 76 kg/ha for the second. Reduced nitrogen inputs did not significantly affect plant height, indicating that decreased nutritional intake does not harm plant development. The fruit sugar content value remained stable across all nitrogen supplies, as did the fruit titratable acidity. The cultivars maintained a medium fruit firmness at a 60% nitrogen supply, and the Chroma index was not affected. This study found that reducing nitrogen inputs did not have a significant negative impact on the three tested cultivars, making them suitable for cultivation with reduced nitrogen inputs to reduce the environmental impact and save growers’ inputs.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | single cropping; fertilizer; fruit quality; plant performance |
| Subjects: | Subjects > Engineering Subjects > Nutrition |
| Divisions: | Europe University of Atlantic > Research > Scientific Production |
| Depositing User: | Sr Bibliotecario |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Nov 2023 08:46 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Nov 2023 08:46 |
| URI: | http://repositorio.funiber.org/id/eprint/9563 |
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