IFAS Extension
Agriculture
Abstract
Florida strawberry growers primarily utilize cultivars developed by the UF/IFAS Strawberry Breeding Program. These cultivars are bred to provide the yield and quality traits needed by the Florida industry. Yet if a new cultivar has the traits that Florida growers need but pathogen-tested planting stock is not available to growers, the cultivar’s impact will be limited. The Clean Plant Program generates the pathogen-tested planting stock that nurseries and growers require.
About this Publication
This document is HS1343, one of a series of the Department of Horticultural Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date October 2019. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.
How to Cite
Moyer, C., Peres, N., & Whitaker, V. M. (2019). The UF/IFAS Strawberry Clean Plant Program. EDIS, 2019(5). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-hs1343-2019
Authors
Catalina Moyer
staff
University of Florida
biological scientist II, strawberry breeding, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center
Natalia Peres
Specialist
University of Florida
professor, strawberry pathology, Department of Plant Pathology, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Wimauma, FL
Vance Whitaker
Specialist
University of Florida
professor, strawberry breeding, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Wimauma, FL
Publication #HS1343
