Optimizing bottle gourd and luffa gourd production in greenhouses through vine management and insect pollination

通过藤蔓管理和昆虫授粉优化温室中葫芦和丝瓜的生产

• 批准号: 485918-2015
• 负责人: Pauls, Peter
• 金额: $ 0.91万
• 依托单位: University of Guelph
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Engage Plus Grants Program
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=585284
• 关键词: Optimizing; bottle; gourd; luffa; production

The subtropical bottle gourd and luffa gourd cucurbits are grown for their immature fruits as vegetables. Both crops are not locally grown in Ontario. However, all major Canadian supermarkets carry these vegetables. The present project is aimed to introduce bottle and luffa gourds to the Canadian agriculture for domestic and international consumption. Other cucurbits (pumpkin, squash and cucumber) are grown in Canada, suggesting that bottle and luffa gourds could also be produced here. OMTEC Inc is working closely with the greenhouse industry in Ontario to develop heat, power and carbon dioxide delivery systems. This company is expanding its activities to include the cultivation of bottle and luffa gourds and is partnering with the University of Guelph to evaluate the potential of commercial production of these vegetables and resolve production constraints. With funding from an NSERC Engage grant, and in collaboration with OMTEC Inc., we developed hydroponic production systems in rockwool slabs for both bottle gourd and luffa in a greenhouse at the University of Guelph. A screen of 15 luffa and 5 bottle gourd varieties showed that there was variation in their potential to produce of commercial quality fruit. It also identified that vine management and the lack of a good pollination system for bottle gourds as significant barriers to commercialization of these crops. Therefore, the objectives of the proposed work are to: 1) develop effective vine management systems for luffa and bottle gourd, and 2) evaluate effectiveness of nocturnal insects, such as moths, as pollinators for bottle gourds. The work will test different training systems and pruning techniques to determine which are effective in maintaining the vines in a productive state with appropriate plant architecture for harvesting the fruit. Nocturnal moths, like the tomato hornworm, will tested for their effectiveness in pollinating bottle gourds. The results will be shared with OMTEC Inc to allow them to develop long term strategies for producing these vegetables at their facilities in Ridgetown, Ontario. The addition of two new vegetables will increase the choice of locally grown vegetables to consumers and will add to the choice of crops that can be grown in rotation in greenhouses.

亚热带的葫芦和丝瓜葫芦被种植为未成熟的水果作为蔬菜。两 在安大略本地不种植农作物。然而，所有主要的加拿大超市都出售这些蔬菜。的 本项目旨在将瓶瓜和丝瓜引入加拿大农业， 国际消费。其他葫芦科植物（南瓜，南瓜和黄瓜）生长在加拿大，这表明 瓶子和丝瓜络也可以在这里生产。OMTEC公司正在与温室密切合作， 工业在安大略开发热，电力和二氧化碳输送系统。这家公司正在扩大其 活动，包括培养瓶和丝瓜络，并与圭尔夫大学合作， 评估这些蔬菜的商业化生产潜力，解决生产制约因素。与 由NSERC Engage赠款提供资金，并与OMTEC Inc.合作，我们发明了水耕法 在科罗拉多大学的温室里， 圭尔夫。对15个丝瓜和5个葫芦品种的筛选结果表明， 生产优质商品水果。它还确定了葡萄树管理和缺乏良好的授粉 装瓶系统是这些作物商业化的重大障碍。因此， 建议的工作是：1）为丝瓜和葫芦开发有效的藤蔓管理系统，2） 评估夜间活动的昆虫，如飞蛾，作为瓶子草授粉者的有效性。这项工作将考验 不同的培训系统和修剪技术，以确定哪些是有效的，在保持葡萄树在一个 生产状态与适当的植物结构收获水果。夜行蛾，比如番茄 角虫，将测试它们在瓶内授粉的有效性。结果将与 OMTEC公司允许他们制定长期战略，在他们的设施生产这些蔬菜， 安大略的里奇敦。两种新蔬菜的加入将增加当地种植蔬菜的选择 消费者，并将增加作物的选择，可以在温室中轮流种植。