STRAWBERRY PRODUCTION IN SPAIN: ALTERNATIVES TO MB, 2007 RESULTS.

The National project INIA on alternatives to methyl bromide (MB) has allowed ten years of work for strawberry cultivation in Huelva (Spain). In 2000/07 a new series of field trials has been conducted in two locations of the coastal area. On each orchard: “Occifresa ” (Moguer) and “Cumbres Malvinas ” (Palos de la Frontera), a complete randomized block design with 3 replications (78 m2/rep.) and 12 fumigant treatments was used. Strawberry cv. ‘Camarosa ’ was cultivated following conventional cultivation practices under large plastic tunnels. As antecedents, the 2002/03 to 2005/06 results were presented in MBAO International Conference (López-Aranda et al., 2003; López-Aranda et al., 2004; López-Aranda et al., 2005; López-Aranda et al., 2006). 2006/2007 treatments i