Watsonville Strawberry Extension

Meeting
February 4, 2014

Short-day Cultivars
Day-neutral Selections
Disease Resistance and Fumigation

Kirk D. Larson Douglas V. Shaw

Pomologist & Professor &
Strawberry Specialist Small Fruit Geneticist
 Short-day Selection Key
7.132-3 = C229 = Merced

8.20-602 = C231

8.55-2 = C232

8.132-608 = C235
 Performance of Merced and three comparison cultivars evaluated at the
Watsonville Research Facility in 2010-13

Appearance Fruit
Yield Score Size Firmness
Item (C/A) (5=best) (g/fruit)
Camarosa 6,148 2.8 27.4 11.3
Ventana 6,854 3.2 30.6 10.4
Benicia 5,622 3.5 33.7 10.9
Merced 7,553 4.2 34.3 11.5

Macdoel plants harvested October 15-16, planted with 1 week storage

(52" 2-row beds, 17,300 plants/acre)

 Performance of Albion, San Andreas and Camino Real with selection
Merced in traditional late-summer planting trials at the
Watsonville Research Facility in 2010-13

Appearance Fruit
Yield Score Size Firmness
Item (C/Acre) (5=best) (g/fruit)
Albion 6,645 4.1 33.7 12.7
San Andreas 6,577 4.1 31.1 12.4
Camino Real 4,750 3.0 26.2 11.5
Merced 8,364 4.3 34.3 11.9

WEO plants harvested in January, stored at -2C planted August 26 - September 9

Performance of Camarosa, Ventana, and Benicia compared with short-day
selections at the Watsonville Research Facility in 2011-2013

Early Appearance Fruit

Item Yield Yield Score Size Firmness
(C/Acre) (C/Acre) (5=best) (g/fruit)
Camarosa 1,655 5,740 2.8 27.1 11.6
Ventana 2,718 6,579 3.3 30.1 10.2
Benicia 2,204 5,215 3.5 33.1 11.1
C231 2,763 7,295 4.2 32.6 12.2
C232 3,339 7,941 3.7 33.1 11.9
C235 2,447 8,883 4.2 35.1 11.1

Macdoel plants harvested October 15-16, planted with 1 week storage

(52" 2-row beds, 17,300 plants/acre)

C231
C232
C232
C235
C235
C235
 Disease Resistance Scores for UC Cultivars and Selections in
2011-2013

Phytophthora Verticillium Colletotrichum Fusarium Macrophomina

Resistance Resistance Resistance Resistance Resistance
Genotype Score Score Score Score Score
(5=best) (5=best) (5=best) (5=best) (5=best)
Camarosa 3.6 2.7 2.2 2.9 2.6
Ventana 2.1 2.9 3.0 4.2 4.3
Benicia 3.5 1.6 2.5 3.4 4.0
Merced 4.5 3.0 1.8 3.6 3.3
C231 3.9 4.2 2.2 3.0 5.0
C232 3.9 3.3 1.9 1.2 4.7
C235 4.1 3.7 2.5 4.9 5.0
 Qualitative Evaluations of Performance for Ventana, Benicia, and Merced

Merced Compared with Merced Compared with

Ventana Benicia
Productivity 0 0
Production Pattern - -
Fruit Size + +
Firmness + +
Appearance + +
Flavor + 0
Post-harvest Storage + +
Rain/weather Tolerance 0 0
Disease Tolerance + 0
Mite Tolerance 0 0
Harvest Ease + +
Cull Rate + +
Runners (Nursery) 0 -

"+", "0", or "-" implies performance for each selection that is superior to, similar to, or
inferior to Ventana or Benicia in each of the listed categories
 Qualitative Evaluations of Performance for Ventana, Benicia, and C231

C231 Compared with C231 Compared with

Ventana Benicia
Productivity 0 0
Production Pattern 0 0
Fruit Size + +
Firmness + +
Appearance + +
Flavor + 0
Post-harvest Storage + +
Rain/weather Tolerance 0 0
Disease Tolerance + +
Mite Tolerance 0 0
Harvest Ease + +
Cull Rate + +
Runners (Nursery) + 0

"+", "0", or "-" implies performance for each selection that is superior to, similar to, or
inferior to Ventana or Benicia in each of the listed categories
 Qualitative Evaluations of Performance for Ventana, Benicia, and C232

C232 Compared with C232 Compared with

Ventana Benicia
Productivity + +
Production Pattern + +
Fruit Size + 0
Firmness + +
Appearance + +
Flavor + 0
Post-harvest Storage + +
Rain/weather Tolerance 0 0
Disease Tolerance 0 0
Mite Tolerance 0 0
Harvest Ease + +
Cull Rate + +
Runners (Nursery) + 0

"+", "0", or "-" implies performance for each selection that is superior to, similar to, or
inferior to Ventana or Benicia in each of the listed categories
 Qualitative Evaluations of Performance for Ventana, Benicia, and C235

C235 Compared with C235 Compared with

Ventana Benicia
Productivity + +
Production Pattern - -
Fruit Size + +
Firmness + 0
Appearance + +
Flavor + 0
Post-harvest Storage + +
Rain/weather Tolerance 0 0
Disease Tolerance + +
Mite Tolerance 0 0
Harvest Ease + +
Cull Rate + +
Runners (Nursery) + 0

"+", "0", or "-" implies performance for each selection that is superior to, similar to, or
inferior to Ventana or Benicia in each of the listed categories
 Performance of day-neutral cultivars and selections at the
Watsonville Research Facility in 2012-13

Appearance Fruit
Yield Score Size Firmness
Item (C/Acre) (5=best) (g/fruit)
Albion 8,323 4.1 32.6 12.2
Monterey 9,529 3.5 33.1 11.8
San Andreas 9,772 4.3 32.0 12.2
8.181-1 11,603 4.3 32.0 12.2
9.132-3 8,513 4.0 30.2 11.1
9.180-1 10,289 4.2 34.9 10.6

Macdoel plants harvested October 15-16, planted with 3 weeks storage

 Performance of Albion and Portola compared with selection
8.181-1 and 9.180-1 in spring planting trials at the
Watsonville Research Facility in 2012

Appearance Fruit
Yield Score Size
Item (C/Acre) (5=best) (g/fruit)
Albion 2,470 3.5 31.0
Portola 5,089 3.6 33.7
8.181-1 4,130 4.0 33.6
9.180-1 3,245 4.2 31.3

WEO plants harvested in January, stored at -2C. All planted April 25, fruit harvested
June 17 to October 15
8.181-1
8.181-1
9.180-1
9.180-1
Macrophomina Testing
 Contact information

dvshaw@ucdavis.edu
kdlarson@ucdavis.edu