Strawberry Content / Strawberry Content for ٺƵ en Researchers Identify Genes Making Strawberries Resistant to Fusarium Wilt /food/news/researchers-identify-genes-making-strawberries-resistant-fusarium-wilt ٺƵ researchers discover genes that make strawberries resistant to the deadly disease Fusarium wilt. July 19, 2022 - 9:00am Amy M Quinton /food/news/researchers-identify-genes-making-strawberries-resistant-fusarium-wilt ٺƵ Releases 2 New Strawberry Varieties /food/news/uc-davis-releases-two-new-strawberry-varieties <p>Red, ripe strawberries are the hallmark of spring in California. Two new varieties from the&nbsp;Public Strawberry Breeding Program at the University of California, Davis, will provide consumers with big, flavorful strawberries throughout fall and winter, too.</p> <p>“These cultivars were developed to provide high-quality fruit from late summer through the holidays,” said Professor Steve Knapp, director of the ٺƵ Strawberry Breeding Program.</p> February 11, 2021 - 8:40am Amy M Quinton /food/news/uc-davis-releases-two-new-strawberry-varieties Natural Habitat Around Farms a Win for Strawberry Growers, Birds and Consumers /climate/news/natural-habitat-around-farms-a-win-for-strawberry-growers-birds-and-consumers <p>Conserving natural habitat around strawberry fields can help protect growers’ yields, their bottom line and the environment with no detectable threat to food safety, indicates a study led by the University of California, Davis.</p> March 11, 2020 - 11:08am Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/natural-habitat-around-farms-a-win-for-strawberry-growers-birds-and-consumers Public Strawberry Breeding Program Backgrounder: Frequently Asked Questions /news/strawberry-breeding-program-backgrounder-frequently-asked-questions <p>Information about the ٺƵ Public&nbsp;Strawberry Breeding Program and its importance for California agriculture&nbsp;is provided in this Frequently Asked Questions document.</p> May 08, 2017 - 4:04pm Patricia Bailey /news/strawberry-breeding-program-backgrounder-frequently-asked-questions Strawberry Breeding Program Backgrounder: A Historical Timeline /news/strawberry-breeding-program-backgrounders-historical-timeline <p>The University of California strawberry breeding program began at UC Berkeley, led by plant pathologist Harold E. Thomas and breeder Earl V. Goldsmith.&nbsp; Thomas, who would become known as the “father of the California strawberry industry,” joined the UC Berkeley faculty in <strong>1927</strong> and in <strong>1934</strong> began working with Goldsmith, who had been foreman of the UC Deciduous Fruit Field Station at Santa Clara.</p> May 09, 2016 - 1:23pm Patricia Bailey /news/strawberry-breeding-program-backgrounders-historical-timeline