Two-year trials (20062007) suggested that the use of calcium oxide (CaO) on acid soils increased soil pH and yields in strawberry cultivars Marmolada, Selena and Senga Sengana, under the environmental conditions of Cacak (Western Serbia). The highest yield was obtained when CaO was applied at 750 kg ha-1 rate. Further increase in rate up to 1,500 kg ha-1 did not show corresponding increase in y...

ABSTRACT Strawberry fruit quality traits can be affected by genotype-environment interactions, which determine the consumer acceptance of fruits. This factorial experiment was based on completely randomised blocks (RCBD) with two planting dates (5 and 20 April) cultivars (‘Albion’, ‘San Andreas’ ‘Portola’) strawberry three replications, some pomological qualitative factors berry were investigat...

An untargeted GC-MS approach was performed to study the stability of volatile fraction and taste five different single-cultivar strawberry purees during pasteurization (95 °C/1 min) accelerated storage (14 d at 35 °C). The PLS-DA results showed that varied markedly among cultivars in fresh purees; with Honeoye Sengana exhibiting most distinctive profiles more than 8 discriminative markers. Howe...

As the nutritional quality of food is becoming increasingly more important for consumers, significant attention needs to be devoted to agricultural practices and their influences on the nutrient contents in food. The presented investigation studied the mineral contents and antioxidant activities in the fruits of four organically-grown strawberry cultivars 'St. Pierre', 'Elsanta', 'Sugar Lia' an...

The effects of field strength and multiple thermal treatments on electrical conductivity of strawberry products were investigated. Electrical conductivity increased with temperature for all the products and conditions tested following linear relations. Electrical conductivity was found to depend on the strawberry-based product. An increase of electrical conductivity with field strength was obvi...

Bare-root strawberry plants produced in Patagonia accumulate more reserves the main crown, which allows their immediate development after transplantation. Due to dependence on these bare-root plants, Brazilian producers use early cultivars, start leaves emission and flower buds differentiation advance, since do not always arrive within estimated time for planting southern Brazil. The objective ...

Arbutus unedo L. (strawberry tree) has a circum-Mediterranean distribution, being found in western, central and southern Europe, north-eastern Africa (excluding Egypt and Libya) and the Canary Islands and western Asia. Fruits of the strawberry tree are generally used for preparing alcoholic drinks (wines, liqueurs and brandies), jams, jellies and marmalades, and less frequently eaten as fresh f...

Uterine leiomyomas are highly prevalent benign tumors in reproductive aged women. Unfortunately, medical treatments are still limited and no preventive therapies have been developed. In the present study, we investigated the therapeutic effects of strawberry extract on uterine leiomyoma cells. Leiomyoma and myometrial cells were treated with strawberry (cultivar Alba) extract (250 μg/ml) for 48...

The University of Florida strawberry (Fragaria ·ananassa Duch. ex Rosier) breeding program has maintained a continuous breeding effort since 1968 to develop cultivars that are highly adapted to winter production in west-central Florida. To gain insight into breeding progress over time, two advanced selections (UF1 and UF2) and 10 released cultivars, from Florida Belle (1975) to Florida Radiance...

The soil pathogenic fungus Phytophthora cactorum causes the most dangerous diseases occurring in strawberry plantations—strawberry crown rot and leather rot. Modern biotechnology methods, e.g., vitro culture selection molecular diagnostics can be utilized of cultivars that are less susceptible or resistant to diseases. In this study, four microclones: ‘Elsanta’, ‘Feltar’, ‘Teresa’ ‘Plena SVdT’ ...