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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------