Review of Related Literature
Ichigo is a peculiar word to Japan. It is not a loan word. Korea and China, Japans old trading
partners, have their own proper names for strawberry. It is supposed that the word Ichigo came from
Ichibiko, the common name of what seems to be Rubus, Potentilla or Duchesnea described in a
history book in early 8th century. As the then Japanese language did not have characters, Chinese
characters were borrowed for writing. In spoken Japanese, on the other hand, the common name
Ichibiko was used. This inconsistency may have caused confusion in the name or representation of
the plant. It is suggested from literature that the cultivated strawberry Fragaria × ananassa was first
introduced to Japan early to mid 19th century. Since then, Oranda-ichigo was established as the
Japanese botanical name for cultivated strawberry, and Ichigo as the common name.
Oda, Y. and Nishimura, K. (2009). 'ICHIGO' - JAPANESE NAME OF STRAWBERRY - ITS ORIGIN
AND HISTORICAL CHANGE OF PHONOGRAM FOR STRAWBERRY IN JAPAN. Acta Hortic. 842,
611-614
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2009.842.130
The aim of this work was to study the effect of ethrel {ethephon}, GA3 and uniconazole on strawberry
plants. The results indicated that GA3 application increased plant petiole. GA3, ethrel and uniconazole
increased total carbohydrate percentage in the foliage of strawberry plants. GA3 at 10 ppm or ethrel at
250 ppm increased the number of flowers and the monthly and total yield. TSS was not affected by
growth regulators.( M.S.S. El-Shabasi, M.E. Ragab, I.I. El-Oksh, Y.M.M. Osman, 2009)
Three concentrations of the organic fertilizer, 1:400, 1:200 and 1:100 dilutions of the concentrate were
tested. Plantlets of the cultivar 'Sonata' were grown for nine weeks in pots under controlled conditions in a
phytotron. Yield, biomass and total phenolic content were not significantly different between Bioklad
application treatments. Nevertheless, the Bioklad at the intermediate dilution 1:200 was most optimal for
strawberry growth. The analysis of chemical composition of leaves indicated that nitrogen content was
higher in plants grown at the lowest dilution (1:100) of Bioklad. In addition, plantlets had the lowest
phenolic content at this treatment. Based on the presented results of Bioklad's effect on strawberry
plantlets growth, cost/value insight of this organic fertilizer has been estimated.
Avetisyan, A., Hokhanyan, M., Herdt, K., Lund, L., Hykkerud, A.L., Jaakola, L. and Martinussen, I.
(2021). Effect of organic fertilizer on growth of strawberry cultivar 'Sonata'. Acta Hortic. 1309, 629-
634
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2021.1309.90
The first and only strawberry breeding program in the Philippines started in 1999 at the Benguet
State Univ., La Trinidad, Benguet,Philippines. It was aimed at developing new strawberry cultivars
with very high yield potential, acceptable fruit quality, sufficient level of tolerance or resistance to
mites and disease such as botrytis and good shipping quality. More than 100 single and reciprocal
crosses were made using 30 varieties and four wild relatives as [Link] advance lines selected
earlier were utilized for backcrosses. After at least three years of evaluation, one single cross and
one back cross outperformed sweet Charlie, the check variety commonly planted by local farmers,
by about 1.2-1.75 tons per hectare. These superior lines would easily give a conservative additional
income of Php 72,000.00-105,000.00 per hectare at an average price of Php 60.00 per kg. Three
other single crosses and 2 backcrosses also show good potential as they had comparable yields
with the check variety. All the potential varieties are quiet sweet with sugar content ranging from
9.23-9.93 deg Brix indicating their suitability for fresh fruit consumption. At least two others have
sugar content higher than that of sweet [Link] the advance selection have moderate resistance
to mites and thrips, two of the most destructive strawberry pest locally. A live strawberry germplasm
is currently being maintained to support the breeding program.
Padua, D.P.; Kilakil, C.M. [Link] variety improvement in the Philippines. Benguet State
Univ., La Trinidad, Benguet (Philippines)
References:
El-Shabasi, M.S.S., Ragab, M.E., El-Oksh, I.I. and Osman, Y.M.M. (2009). RESPONSE OF
STRAWBERRY PLANTS TO SOME GROWTH REGULATORS. Acta Hortic. 842, 725-728
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2009.842.157