@article{
author = "Milivojevic, Jasminka and Radivojevic, Dragan and Milosavljević, Dragica and Maksimović, Vuk and Dragišić Maksimović, Jelena",
year = "2023",
abstract = "The aim of this study was to compare newly released June-bearing
strawberry cultivars (‘Quicky’, ‘Sandra’, ‘Lofty’, ‘Nadja’ and ‘Aprica’) in terms of
their phenology, vegetative growth, productivity and fruit quality to identify their
potential for wider cultivation. A field study was conducted in a strawberry
plantation established in July 2020 in double rows on beds covered with black
polyethylene foil (Šid, Serbia). The cultivars were evaluated in 2021–2022 for their
flowering and ripening time, productivity, plant growth, biometrical and nutritional
fruit traits (soluble solids content – SSC, total acids – TAs, vitamin C, total
anthocyanins – TACY, total phenolics – TPC and total antioxidant capacity – TAC).
The cultivar ‘Quicky’ started to ripen earliest, while ‘Aprica’ was the latest in both
experimental years. The number of branch crowns per plant was significantly higher
in ‘Sandra’ and ‘Lofty’, whereby ‘Sandra’ had also the highest number of leaves per
rosette (41.5) in comparison with the other tested cultivars. The cultivar ‘Aprica’ was
superior in terms of productivity (1061 g/plant and 4.67 kg/m2
), fruit weight (29.9 g)
and fruit shape index (1.15). Contrary to this, ‘Nadja’ was the least productive
cultivar (608 g/plant and 2.68 kg/m2). The cultivars ‘Lofty’ and ‘Sandra’ showed the
highest SSC values and were also characterized by a considerably high level of TPC
(1.29 mg GAE eq g-1 FW) and TACY (24.4 mg pg-3-g eq 100 g-1 FW), respectively.
Variability among the tested cultivars could serve as an important criterion for the
selection of new high-performing cultivars for a given growing region.",
publisher = "National Library of Serbia",
journal = "Journal of Agricultural Sciences",
title = "Comparison of field performance and fruit quality among newly released Italian June-bearing strawberry cultivars",
pages = "215-201",
number = "2",
volume = "68",
doi = "10.2298/JAS2302201M"
}