Improved Variety, Selection and Sustainability of Strawberries for the Eastern United States
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Improved Variety Selection and
Sustainability of Strawberries for the Eastern
United States
Peter Nitzsche, PI
Agricultural Agent
Cooperative Extension of Morris County
William Hlubik, Co-PI
Agricultural Agent
Cooperative Extension of Middlesex County
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Objectives
• Expedite the evaluation, release, and adoption of new
strawberry selections developed by Rutgers NJAES with
outstanding flavor, improved fruit quality, and yield, to benefit
NJ farmers, gardeners, consumers
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Dr. Gojko Jelenkovic
Professor Emeritus
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Plasticulture in Eastern United States
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Breeding Selection Plots with Growers
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Replicated Field Trials
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Donaldson Farms trial
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Fernbrook Farms - organic
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Nourse Farms
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Finalizing Patents, Licensing and Release
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Advanced Selections
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“Christmas Light Bulb”
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Clean Greenhouse Stock
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Production of Clean Stock Material
• All materials have tested
negative for viruses by Robert
Martin USDA, ARS
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Micropropagation
• Tissue culture of stock material
by Rutgers NJAES and Nourse
Farms
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Kube Pak
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Bacterial Angular leaf Spot?
Xanthomonas fragariae
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University Field Trials
• Replicated field trials
– Pittstown, NJ
– North Brunswick, NJ
– Castle Hayne, North Carolina
• Observation trial
– University of Maryland
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On Farm Trials
• 10 field trials on local farms throughout New Jersey
– 8 conventional farms
– 2 organic farms
– Plastic culture (9/10)
– Matted row (1/10)
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Donaldson Farms
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Specca Farms
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Media and Outreach
• 13 presentations on the project
414 attendee
• 3 published articles
• 2 short videos produced
• ‘P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home’
public television show
• ‘The Garden Show’
radio program
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Future Plans
• 2013-2014 replicated trial
data collection and analysis
– Yield
– Fruit quality: shape,
coloring, ripening
– Flavor
– Plant vigor/ propagation
potential
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Grower Surveys
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Videos
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Formal Blinded Taste Panels
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Outcomes
• Nurseries, growers will soon
have new locally adapted
strawberry varieties for
production and marketing in
the Eastern US
• Consumers will have better
tasting strawberries
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Impacts
• Production and marketing of
strawberries in Eastern US
will be improved
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Questions?