SETTING UP OF A VARIETAL OBSERVATORY NETWORK IN WESTERN EUROPE TO ESTIMATE THE GENETIC PERFORMANCE OF NEWLY RELEASED STRAWBERRY CULTIVARS

A network of 17 experimental sites across 12 Western European countries has been set up to evaluate yield potential, plant quality and pedo-climatic adaptibility of newly released strawberry cultivars.
The scheme has been running, on a voluntary basis, since 1994, with initial funding to develop the network from the EC-Air 1992–95 program.
Cultivars are grown using cultural methods most appropriate to the country involved, but using a standardised protocol for evaluation and data collection.
In addition to conventional statistical analytical methods, a multicriteria decision aid (ELECTRE IV) is used for some qualitive parameters.
The network enables objective information to be rapidly passed back to growers and breeders.

III International Strawberry Symposium

P. Roudeillac, W. Faedi

Fragaria x ananassa, cultivar evaluation, trials network

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1997.439.48