Influence of Flat White-Cheesecloth Covering on Growth and Fruit Yields of“Donner”Strawberry

Abstract

The results of trials with strawberry cv. Donner that was given a flat cover of a white cheesecloth of about 85% permeability for the winter season after being planted in the open in October, indicated that the covering particularly improved leaf production rate and leaf area and this consequently increased the fresh and dry weights of covered plants. The relative differences of plant growth between flat covered plot and exposed one were reflected in their carbohydrate contents and fruit yields thereafter. 36.1 fruits per plant were obtained in the flat covered plot and 28.1 in the exposed one, respectively. However, the average weight per fruit in the former was less as compared to that in the latter.