Tendencies of formation of strawberries commercial assortment in Russia

Abstract

The intensification of commercial production of high-quality strawberries should provide the implantation of new varieties, selected as a result of introduction or breeding. In this regard, systematic analysis of formation of assortment of strawberries for 1938-2018 years carried out. The stages and trends in the formation of a commercial assortment of strawberry by region in a temporary context singled out. The main problem to create a commercial assortment were marked and the results of their solution were shown. As result of the production technologies study of introduced varieties, a strawberries assortment recommended for various methods of cultivation and the use of berry products. A brief description of introduced strawberry varieties, which were selected in 2008-2016 to expande the area of zoning on the Central Chernozem region, was given: ‘Vima Kimberly’, ‘Honey’, ‘Vima Zanta’, ‘Vima Tarda’, ‘Elsanta’, NF 205 (‘Roxana’), NF 311 (‘Alba’), ‘Tsaritsa’. For the organization of receipt in the region of fresh fruit in the so-called “strawberry line” (from late May to September) varieties of long day and day-neutral are selected: ‘Vima Rina’, ‘Albion’, ‘San Andreas’, ‘Portola’, ‘Monterey’.