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http://dx.doi.org/10.12791/KSBEC.2013.22.2.081

Selection of White Asparagus Varieties Suitable for Shading Culture  

Seong, Ki Cheol (Agricultural Research Center for Climate Change, NIHHS, RDA)
Kim, Dong Hwan (R&D Performance Evaluation and Management Division, Research Policy Bureau, RDA)
Kim, Chun Hwan (Agricultural Research Center for Climate Change, NIHHS, RDA)
Moon, Doo Kyong (Agricultural Research Center for Climate Change, NIHHS, RDA)
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Journal of Bio-Environment Control / v.22, no.2, 2013 , pp. 81-86 More about this Journal
Abstract
This experiment was carried out to select white asparagus varieties suitable for shading culture in greenhouse. Eight white and one green varieties were tested. Seeds were sown in 72-cell trays in a glasshouse on 24 Dec. 2008 and the seedlings were transplanted in a P.E house on 22 May 2009. Planting distances were 30 cm apart in a raw and 125 cm between the raws. For white asparagus production, small tunnel ($210cm{\times}160cm$) was established inside the P.E house, and covered with black and white P.E film (0.1 mm) on 5 March 2010. Days to sprouting took 5 days in 'Ravel' variety and took 16 to 18 days in 'Backlim', 'Horlim', 'Herkolim' varieties. The number of spear was highest in 'Ravel' with 6 and lowest in 'Backlim' with 3.7. The spear weight was heaviest in 'Herkolim' with 25.6 g and lightest in 'Ravel' with 15.6 g. The highest total yield was in 'Herkolim' with 296 kg/10a, followed by 'Super welcome' with 275 kg/10a and lowest in 'Rapsody' with 176 kg/10a. Marketable yields in 'Super welcome' and 'Herkolim' were 241 kg/10a and 239 kg/10a, respectively, and the yield was lowest in 'Rapsody' with 139 kg/10a. The L grade (over 20 g of spear weight) was highest in 'Herkolim'. Accordingly, 'Herkolim' was the most suitable white asparagus variety among the tested varieties for shading cultivation in greenhouse.
Keywords
black and white film; color; non-hilling; spear; sprouting;
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