Claim · model-written summary
The program introduced 61 strawberry cultivars from six breeding locations.
- Taxon
- strawberry
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Fragaria ×ananassae0 - Outcome
- cultivarse0
- Value
- 61 cultivarse0
- Setting
- 6 breeding locationse0
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Verbatim
e0“The U.S. Department of Agriculture strawberry breeding program has introduced 61 cultivars from 6 breeding locations in its 61-year history”
Title
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Strawberry Breeding Program1
G. J. Galletta; A. D. Draper; D. H. Scott HortScience 1981. doi:10.21273/hortsci.16.6.743
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Observation Fifteen to 20 of the cultivars were widely grown.
- Observation Five recent releases show exceptional promise.
- Method / resource USDA became the principal source of red stele-resistant strawberry germplasm.
- Observation Red stele and Verticillium resistance were incorporated into everbearing strawberries for the eastern United States.
- Method / resource Virus detection, eradication and virus-free propagation led to state plant certification programs.