Yield and Fruit Quality of Strawberry Cultivars under Different Irrigation Regimes
Strawberry (<i>Fragaria</i>×<i>ananassa</i> Duch.) production requires the input of large amounts of water provided by irrigation during the entire production cycle. However, water availability is shrinking in many important strawberry cropping areas, such as Huelva (in Europ...
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| author | María Teresa Ariza Luis Miranda José Antonio Gómez-Mora Juan Jesús Medina David Lozano Pedro Gavilán Carmen Soria Elsa Martínez-Ferri |
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| description | Strawberry (<i>Fragaria</i>×<i>ananassa</i> Duch.) production requires the input of large amounts of water provided by irrigation during the entire production cycle. However, water availability is shrinking in many important strawberry cropping areas, such as Huelva (in Europe), compromising the environmental sustainability and economic viability of strawberry production. Besides technical approaches, water-saving strategies are necessary for improving strawberry water productivity such as the use of low water-consumptive cultivars with high productivity or cultivars allowing deficit irrigation (DI) strategies. A two-year field experiment was conducted to compare the physiological and agronomical response of six commercial strawberry cultivars (‘Sabrina’, ‘Fortuna’, ‘Splendor’, ‘Primoris’, ‘Rabida’ and ‘Rociera’) to six different water treatments ranging from 65% to 140% of estimated ‘Sabrina’ evapotranspiration (ETc<sub>Sab</sub>; ~224–510 mm year<sup>−1</sup>). Cultivars differed substantially in yield and water consumption linked to their biomass partitioning into reproductive/ vegetative organs, determining different yield efficiency (YE). Their water needs (IN) conditioned their response to different water supplies, involving significant yield losses in DI treatments (<20% IN) but not decreasing fruit quality. The highly-consumptive and productive ‘Rabida’ and ‘Rociera’, reduced yields by DI (<40%) but were still profitable; the low-water-consumptive but still productive ‘Fortuna’, ‘Splendor’ and ‘Primoris’ represent significant water-savings (<20%) in strawberry cultivation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-58783ce98a8b43699b9d9ee9adb8e3f22023-12-03T15:20:51ZengMDPI AGAgronomy2073-43952021-01-0111226110.3390/agronomy11020261Yield and Fruit Quality of Strawberry Cultivars under Different Irrigation RegimesMaría Teresa Ariza0Luis Miranda1José Antonio Gómez-Mora2Juan Jesús Medina3David Lozano4Pedro Gavilán5Carmen Soria6Elsa Martínez-Ferri7IFAPA Centro de Málaga, Junta de Andalucía, Cortijo de la Cruz s/n, 29140 Málaga, SpainIFAPA Centro Las Torres, Junta de Andalucía, Ctra, Sevilla Cazalla Km. 12.2, 41200 Sevilla, SpainIFAPA Centro Las Torres, Junta de Andalucía, Ctra, Sevilla Cazalla Km. 12.2, 41200 Sevilla, SpainIFAPA Centro de Huelva, Junta de Andalucía, Julio Caro Baroja s/n, 21002 Huelva, SpainIFAPA Centro de Alameda del Obispo, Junta de Andalucía, Avenida Menéndez Pidal, S/N, 14004 Córdoba, SpainIFAPA Centro de Alameda del Obispo, Junta de Andalucía, Avenida Menéndez Pidal, S/N, 14004 Córdoba, SpainIFAPA Centro de Málaga, Junta de Andalucía, Cortijo de la Cruz s/n, 29140 Málaga, SpainIFAPA Centro de Málaga, Junta de Andalucía, Cortijo de la Cruz s/n, 29140 Málaga, SpainStrawberry (<i>Fragaria</i>×<i>ananassa</i> Duch.) production requires the input of large amounts of water provided by irrigation during the entire production cycle. However, water availability is shrinking in many important strawberry cropping areas, such as Huelva (in Europe), compromising the environmental sustainability and economic viability of strawberry production. Besides technical approaches, water-saving strategies are necessary for improving strawberry water productivity such as the use of low water-consumptive cultivars with high productivity or cultivars allowing deficit irrigation (DI) strategies. A two-year field experiment was conducted to compare the physiological and agronomical response of six commercial strawberry cultivars (‘Sabrina’, ‘Fortuna’, ‘Splendor’, ‘Primoris’, ‘Rabida’ and ‘Rociera’) to six different water treatments ranging from 65% to 140% of estimated ‘Sabrina’ evapotranspiration (ETc<sub>Sab</sub>; ~224–510 mm year<sup>−1</sup>). Cultivars differed substantially in yield and water consumption linked to their biomass partitioning into reproductive/ vegetative organs, determining different yield efficiency (YE). Their water needs (IN) conditioned their response to different water supplies, involving significant yield losses in DI treatments (<20% IN) but not decreasing fruit quality. The highly-consumptive and productive ‘Rabida’ and ‘Rociera’, reduced yields by DI (<40%) but were still profitable; the low-water-consumptive but still productive ‘Fortuna’, ‘Splendor’ and ‘Primoris’ represent significant water-savings (<20%) in strawberry cultivation.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/11/2/261field<i>Fragariax ananassa</i>irrigationoverwateringwater productivitywater stress |
| spellingShingle | María Teresa Ariza Luis Miranda José Antonio Gómez-Mora Juan Jesús Medina David Lozano Pedro Gavilán Carmen Soria Elsa Martínez-Ferri Yield and Fruit Quality of Strawberry Cultivars under Different Irrigation Regimes Agronomy field <i>Fragariax ananassa</i> irrigation overwatering water productivity water stress |
| title | Yield and Fruit Quality of Strawberry Cultivars under Different Irrigation Regimes |
| title_full | Yield and Fruit Quality of Strawberry Cultivars under Different Irrigation Regimes |
| title_fullStr | Yield and Fruit Quality of Strawberry Cultivars under Different Irrigation Regimes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Yield and Fruit Quality of Strawberry Cultivars under Different Irrigation Regimes |
| title_short | Yield and Fruit Quality of Strawberry Cultivars under Different Irrigation Regimes |
| title_sort | yield and fruit quality of strawberry cultivars under different irrigation regimes |
| topic | field <i>Fragariax ananassa</i> irrigation overwatering water productivity water stress |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/11/2/261 |
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