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Mounding increases the rate of thick spears of asparagus

Article number
1404_184
Pages
1325 – 1330
Language
English
Abstract
In Japan, thick spears of asparagus have a strong image of being “tough” and consumers have a low preference for thick spears.
However, preference for thick spears has been increasing in the Japanese market in recent years.
As consumers’ preference for spears has changed, the unit price is higher for L-class spears (15-40 g) than for M-class spears (10-15 g), and the reputation of thick spears is increasing.
The aim of this study was two-fold.
Firstly, to investigate the effect of mounding on green and purple asparagus of the spring harvest in the long term harvest production system.
Secondly, to establish a cultivation technique to increase the yield of thick spears with consumer preferences by testing a new cultivation method for asparagus in the open field, “whole harvest cultivation method for one-year-old plants”, which is rapidly becoming popular in Japan.
In this study, the effects of pre-sprouting mounding on the growth and yield of asparagus were investigated in that two cropping systems.
The results showed that, as in previous studies; summer-to-autumn harvest in a semi-forcing culture in greenhouse and white asparagus cultivation at open field, the proportion of thick spears was increased in the two cultivars tested spring harvest in the long term harvest production system.
In the whole harvest cultivation method for one-year-old plants, the proportion of thick spears was also increased by mounding.
No differences in air and soil temperatures were observed between the test sections.
In the future, we would like to promote the use of whole harvest cultivation method for one-year-old plants, which is easy for beginners to work on, and introduce new purple asparagus that produces thick spears by cultivation, thereby promoting asparagus production and increasing consumption.

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Authors
K. Suzuki, Y. Ayabe, A. Kato, S. Motoki
Keywords
Asparagus officinalis L., green asparagus, purple asparagus, soil temperature, thick asparagus spear
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