Abstract

GOMEZ, Lucila et al. LIMITING FACTORS OF YIELDS AND QUALITY IN THE VEGETABLE PRODUCTION UNDER SHELTERED CONDITIONS IN CUBA. Rev. Protección Veg. [online]. 2009, vol.24, n.2, pp. 117-122. ISSN 2224-4697.

A survey was applied in 14 vegetable production units under protected agricultural system from Habana City, La Habana, Matanzas, Villa Clara, Ciego de Avila, Camagüey, Granma, Holguín and Santiago de Cuba. The main objective was to know about the criteria of the producers about the main problems affecting the yield and quality of their products obtained by this technology. From the survey, 100% pointed out that Meloidogyne spp. represented the most important pest in tomato and water melon, following by insects pest and other plant pathogens. In the case of peppers, the mite Poliphagotarsonemus latus was the most important pest, followed by insect and Meloidogyne spp. Eight seven percent of the productive farms showed technological indiscipline which, together with the difficulties of Meloidogyne management, could be inside on the complex situation this pest represents for the protected system at national level. One hundred percent of the producers under surveyed considered that the not observation of discipline and the intensive cropping without rotation were the main causes which could be related with the nematological situation in this system for vegetable production.

Keywords : survey; vegetable protected agricultural system; Meloidogyne.

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