Early greenhouse production of male genotypes of green asparagus (Asparagus officinalis var. altilis L.) in their seventh year since planting in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Eslovenia. Maribor (Pivola) (Slovenia)

DIAZ, K. E; CASTAGNINO, A. M; FERNANDEZ LOZANO, J.; LIVEROTTI, O; TARANTINO, M. B; ROGERS, W. J; GUISOLIS, A. P; PERALTA;M.E

Maribor (Pivola)

Simposio; VII South - Eastern Europe Symposium on Vegetables and Potatoes.; 2017

ISHS (International Spciety for Horticultural Science

Potato is the main horticultural crop commercialised in Argentina; along with just a handfulof other vegetables, namely tomato, onion, squash and carrot, it represents 70% of totalvegetable commercialisation and consumption in the country. The aim of the current workis to analyse the evolution of the potato market in Argentina, based upon the volumereceived by the Buenos Aires Central Market. For this end, the following aspects wereassessed for the period 1999-2016: the per cent variation in the incoming volume and thetendency of the total incoming volumes (TV); and, in 2016, the volume per month and pervariety (VM and VV), province of origin and average price evolution over the year (EP). Fromthe comparative analysis between the early years and the end of the study, an increase of19% was observed, mainly in the months of May (20%), February (13%), January (12%),October (10%), April (7%) and July (6%). The mean TV commercialised over 1999 to 2016 was333254 t, with a mean VM of 27774/month. The following months exceeded this mean:November (29509a), August (29235a), October (29200a), July (28997ab), June (28553ab),December (28117ab) and May (27970ab); while in 2016, the mean VM 27772, where thefollowing exceeded the mean: October: 32789a, May: 30286ab and August: 28715ab.Potatoes are grown in twelve provinces: Buenos Aires (75.86%), Córdoba (12.07%), Tucumán(7%), San Luis (2.02%), Mendoza (1.97%), Jujuy (0.55%) and Santa Fe (0.34%), with theremaining 2% in San Juan, Rio Negro, Catamarca, Corrientes and Santa Cruz. The varietiesunder commercialisation are: Spunta (95%), Innovator (0.27%), Daisy (0.15%), Asterix(0.10%), Kennebec (0.034%), Atlantic (0.022%), Ballenera (0.06%) and unidentified (3.92%).For EP, the average monthly price was 0.27 US$/kg, and higher than average prices wereobserved in July 0.35, September 0.34, June 0.322, August 0.31, October 0.29 and December0.28 US$/kg, respectively. These results indicate an annual increase of 1%, and the need toexpand the production and consumption of varieties of higher nutritional quality and increase the production in those provinces that, although possessing favourable agroclimaticconditions, show low market participation.