**10. Concluding remarks**

Substantial research and development efforts have been made in southern Israel during the recent two decades aiming at early winter production of strawberries. An inter-disciplinary augmentation of cultivar selection, refined propagation methods, highly-intensified cultivation technologies, enhanced pollination, and sheltered growing conditions has brought about to a consistently high proportion (15–25%) of very early production (November–December) of high-quality produce, followed by a considerable yield proportion during January and February, without any yield reduction during the main production season of March and April (**Figure 9**). However, in order to further increase the proportion of the early winter yield, and to mitigate undesired yield fluctuations during the winter, more research is required, focusing on the following challenges:


*Winter Strawberries Production in Greenhouse Soilless Culture under an Arid Climate… DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.104390*

**Figure 9.** *Heavy yields in the mid of the fruiting season Hung strawberry culture. Photograph by Nir Dai.*
