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TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL FRUITS IN SPAIN
Article number
694_42
Pages
259 – 264
Language
English
Abstract
Spain is the main E.U producer of tropical and subtropical fruit and the only country on the continent itself currently capable of growing them.
As consolidated crops, Spain produces avocados (over 10,000 ha planted, yielding some 70,000 t/year), bananas (production restricted to the Canary Islands; around 9,500 ha, of which some 3,000 are under greenhouse, yielding 420,000 t/year), and cherimoyas (roughly 3,000 ha and 33,000 t/year). Mangos (almost 1,400 ha) and papaya (around 200 ha, practically all under greenhouse) show great potential for future development.
Pineapple is steady at around 75 ha, both in open air and greenhouse plantations and, again, limited to the Canary Islands.
Experimental plantings of litchi show good prospects.
Minor crops under evaluation include carambola and guava.
A review of the actual situation, problems and prospects, as well as the main lines of research, is highlighted in this paper.
As consolidated crops, Spain produces avocados (over 10,000 ha planted, yielding some 70,000 t/year), bananas (production restricted to the Canary Islands; around 9,500 ha, of which some 3,000 are under greenhouse, yielding 420,000 t/year), and cherimoyas (roughly 3,000 ha and 33,000 t/year). Mangos (almost 1,400 ha) and papaya (around 200 ha, practically all under greenhouse) show great potential for future development.
Pineapple is steady at around 75 ha, both in open air and greenhouse plantations and, again, limited to the Canary Islands.
Experimental plantings of litchi show good prospects.
Minor crops under evaluation include carambola and guava.
A review of the actual situation, problems and prospects, as well as the main lines of research, is highlighted in this paper.
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Authors
V. Galán Saúco, J.M. Farré Massip
Keywords
Cultural techniques, research, production, market
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