Record 10 of 382 - CRIS/ICAR 9/96 
TI:  IMPROVING THE PROFITABILITY AND ADAPTATION OF THE PLASTICULTURE
STRAWBERRY PRODUCTION SYSTEM FOR THE 
IN:  FIOLA-JA 
PO:  PLANT SCIENCE. RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PO BOX 231 
LO:  NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY 08903. 
CL:   
                  PRIMARY CLASSIFICATION                  GENERAL CLASSIF. 
         RPA     ACTVTY   CMMDTY   SCNCE    PRCNT           PRGM     JTC 
         R304    A5000    C1000    F0512    100%            P3.13    J2A 
PH:  R304 (Biological-Efficiency-Fruit,-Vegetables); 
     A5000 (Biological-Efficiency-of-Plants,-Animals); 
     C1000 (Deciduous-and-Small-Fruits-and-Nuts); 
     F0512 (Genetics-and-Breeding-Plant) 
GH:  P3.13 (Fruit); 
     J2A (Plant-Production) 
SC:  S1033 (Strawberries) 100% 
DE:  STRAWBERRIES; CROP-PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION-MANAGEMENT; PLASTIC-MULCHES;
CROP-PRODUCTIVITY; ANNUAL-PLANTS; PLANT-BREEDING; CROP-VARIETIES;
PLANT-NUTRITION; ORGANIC-FERTILIZERS; ROW-COVERS; DOUBLE-CROPPING; VEGETABLES;
PLANT-GENETICS; EARLINESS; FRUIT-QUALITY; PROFITABILITY; PRODUCTION-MANAGEMENT 
CT:  Basic 20%; Applied 50%; Developmental 30% 
OB:  Investigate the influence of location, planting date, plant type, and
floating row covers (FRC) utilization on earliness, productivity, quality, and
profitability. Compare selections (NJUS and MDUS Strawberry Breeding Programs)
and eastern adapted cultivars to 'Chandler' for pest resistence, earliness,
productivity, and quality. Study the efficacy of organic nutrient inputs
(poultry manure, corn-gluten meal and organic based fertilizers) as primary
nutrient source, and/or replacement for fumigation. Study double-cropping
strategies with vegetables and/or renovation practices for maintaining the
strawberry planting for a second production year; test recyclable plastics. 
AP:  The proposal is for research and development, demonstration, and
extension of integration of the components of a high-productivity strawberry
production system. The applied research components will attempt to optimize
the productivity and profitability of the system for the conducive moderate
climate sites and extend it to more limiting sites, and explore second
fruiting and double-cropping options. All plantings include 30 cm plant
spacing on a staggered double row, raised beds, black plastic mulch, trickle
irrigation, and FRC; recyclable and photo-biodegradable black plastic will be
utilized. 
OC:  001810 
IC:  002629 
SU:  Region 1 (Northeastern). 
PS:  NEW 
UD:  9605 
      
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