The EC values of substrate mixes an

The EC values of substrate mixes and the field soil were inthe range of 3.9–5.2 dS m−1at the beginning of the experiment(Table 1). These values remained little changed at the end of theseason, except for the field soil where it decreased from 5.0 to2.3 dS m−1(Table 2). Na levels were below 400 mg l−1and Cl below300 mg l−1(Tables 1 and 2). Although strawberry is generally con-sidered a salt sensitive fruit crop, impact of salinity on strawberryyield and quality has been reported to depend on cultivar types ofthe strawberry and types and concentrations of specific salt ions.Strawberry cultivars ‘Douglas’ and ‘Toro’ were evaluated againstup to 840 mg 1−1Cl or up to 864 mg 1−1SO4saline solutions andresults showed that leaf scorch was observed in Cl solutions