Strawberries

This book is the first single author work to be published for more than thirty years that provides a broad, balanced review of our scientific knowledge of strawberries and their cultivation. In recent years, methods of strawberry culture have undergone extensive modifications and the strawberry industry has expanded considerably in a number of countries in Europe and Asia, as well as in North America.This title covers aspects from taxonomy, ecology, morphology and genetics to environmental physiology, disease and pest control, fruit ripening, storage and processing.An excellent, concise overview of strawberries and their cultivationPart of the popular Crop Production Science in Horticulture SeriesWorldwide in scope.

Preface

vii

The Strawberry Industry

1

(24)

Introduction

1

(3)

Major cultural systems

4

(1)

Characteristics of the major producing regions

4

(9)

Varieties

13

(11)

Conclusions

24

(1)

The Strawberry Species

25

(22)

The strawberry species

25

(2)

Strawberry species distributions

27

(13)

Evolutionary relationships

40

(5)

Conclusions

45

(2)

History of Strawberry Domestication

47

(20)

Domestication of Old World species

47

(2)

Domestication of the Scarlet strawberry, Fragaria virginiana

49

(2)

Domestication of F. chiloensis in the New World

51

(2)

Spread of F. chiloensis outside Chile

53

(2)

Origin of the dessert strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa

55

(2)

Breeding in Europe from 1800 to 1960

57

(3)

Breeding outside Europe from 1800 to 1960

60

(5)

Conclusions

65

(2)

Breeding and Genetics

67

(23)

Introduction

67

(1)

Breeding strategies

67

(1)

Genetics of economically important traits

68

(13)

Biotechnological approaches to genetic improvement

81

(1)

Utilization of native germplasm

82

(1)

Current breeding efforts

83

(6)

Conclusions

89

(1)

Structural and Developmental Physiology

90

(21)

Introduction

90

(1)

Anatomy and morphology

90

(5)

Photoperiodic and temperature regulation of development

95

(4)

Dormancy

99

(1)

Cold hardiness

100

(2)

Photosynthesis and carbon allocation patterns

102

(2)

Water relations

104

(3)

Nutrition

107

(3)

Conclusions

110

(1)

Cultural Systems

111

(20)

Introduction

111

(1)

Hill and matted row culture

112

(10)

Tunnels and forcing systems

122

(2)

Harvesting

124

(4)

Methods of propagation

128

(1)

Conclusions

129

(2)

Fruiting and Postharvest Physiology

131

(18)

Introduction

131

(1)

Factors influencing fruit growth

132

(3)

Fruit ripening processes

135

(5)

Handling and storage of fresh fruit

140

(5)

Processing fruit

145

(2)

Conclusions

147

(2)

Pest and Disease Management

149

(28)

Introduction

149

(4)

Arthropod and mollusc pests

153

(10)

Common strawberry diseases

163

(13)

Conclusions

176

(1)

References

177

(54)

Index

231

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