A UF researcher is targeting a costly production challenge: strawberry runners—vegetative offshoots that divert energy from ...

Strawberry production is entering the season with solid supply conditions, supported by favorable weather, and a modest ...

Strawberry consumers love the fruit’s sweet flavor, and University of Florida scientists are trying to meet that desire, while also helping growers produce high yields. (UF/IFAS-photography Strawberry ...

University of Florida scientists are studying the genetic controls behind strawberry 'runners'—offshoots that drain energy from fruit production—to breed plants that produce fewer during harvest ...

WIMAUMA, Fla. — Researchers want to help Florida farmers grow more strawberries. A University of Florida student has based her graduate studies on boosting production, while keeping costs down.

ENIGMA, Ga. -- Like many Southern farmers, Tim and Steve McMillan relied on flue-cured tobacco to sustain them when the prices for other commodities plunged. But when the government slashed the U.S.

“Enhancing multi-year, June-Bearing plasticulture strawberry production in Indiana through mulch color and cultivar selection, weed management and strawberry runner suppression.” Abstract: Multi-year ...

Strawberry growers pour roughly $130 million a year, nationally, into a surprisingly stubborn problem: a part of the plant that sabotages fruit production. These fast-growing offshoots – called ...