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 ...

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 ...

“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 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 ...