Strawberry architectural model

Strawberry is a herbaceous perennial that can easily propagate by stolons or by crown division. Seedlings have a few months juvenile period. The growth is determined, with a terminal inflorescence as a modified stem or cyme. Flower induction is sensitive to thermo-photoperiod and to several agronomic and nutritional factors, being the plant very adapted to diverse temperate climates and forcing conditions. In the present study, a dynamic architectural model is described and discussed according to the necessity to better understand strawberry growth in different cultivation systems, and to control the fate of axillary meristems, improving the culture knowledge together with the physiological bases of strawberry production.