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Fragaria

Called “strawberry” in GBIF

Fragaria is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, commonly known as strawberries for their edible fruits. There are more than 20 described species and many hybrids and cultivars. The most common strawberries grown commercially are cultivars of the garden strawberry, a hybrid known as Fragaria × ananassa. Strawberries have a taste that varies by cultivar, and ranges from quite sweet to rather tart. Strawberries are an important commercial fruit crop, widely grown in all temperate regions of the world.

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accepted species in GBIF
Source: GBIF
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plants on Plant News
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Research on Fragaria

28 articles

An oregano compound coating could keep strawberries fresher longer

The strawberries that turn mushy in your fridge within two days could last noticeably longer with...

PubMed → · research article

Letting plastic-free mulch rot in the field beats landfilling it

If you use biodegradable mulch or landscape fabric in your garden beds, leaving it in place to br...

What science is finding about Fragaria

Every article on Plant News that mentions a member of this genus, newest first.

Fruit flies swap yeast partners depending on the fruit they eat

If you grow cherries, strawberries, or blackberries, the pest flies damaging your fruit are quietly recruiting different...

Strawberry invasive-species / plant-signaling

Scientists find the gene switch behind year-round strawberries

The strawberries filling your garden bed or farmers market table most of the year instead of just in June trace back to a...

Strawberry crispr / crop-improvement

Hidden root-eating worms threaten crops worldwide, and better monitoring and clean stock can help

The stunted, knobby-rooted tomatoes or carrots in your vegetable bed may be infested with root-knot nematodes, and buying...

Strawberry soil-health / climate-adaptation

Letting plastic-free mulch rot in the field beats landfilling it

If you use biodegradable mulch or landscape fabric in your garden beds, leaving it in place to break down rather than hauling...

Strawberry mulching / soil-health

Rare earth elements in soil may explain why some strawberries taste sweeter

The strawberry patch in your backyard or the pints at your farmers market could taste sweeter or blander depending on trace...

Strawberry crop-improvement / food-forest

Lab-grown strawberries lose gut bacteria, but scientists can add it back

If you've ever bought a store strawberry transplant that struggled to take root, this research explains why: tissue-culture...

Strawberry propagation / soil-health

Custom bacteria teams boost strawberries and fight fruit rot

If you grow strawberries in a raised bed or container, the microbes already living around the roots could be recruited to...

Strawberry soil-health / crop-improvement

Root-dwelling microbe teams could protect strawberries from disease naturally

The strawberries in your backyard patch or local farm stand may soon get a boost from a probiotic-style soil treatment instead...

Strawberry soil-health / crop-improvement

The molecular regulation of axillary bud fate determination and outgrowth into branch crown in strawberry involves BRC1.

Every strawberry runner your plants send out this summer — those arching stems that root and make free daughter plants —...

Wild Strawberry crispr / plant-signaling

Zhongchi Liu.

Strawberry breeders working to develop varieties that fruit longer, ripen more evenly, or tolerate heat stress depend on...

Strawberry crop-improvement / plant-signaling

Effect of Day Length on Growth, Flowering, and Yield of Three Strawberry Varieties in a Tropical Climate

Growing strawberries in a warm climate is notoriously tricky, but a 12-hour LED lighting schedule can coax Japanese varieties...

Strawberry crop-improvement / controlled-environment-agriculture

High Amendment Lignin-to-Nitrogen Ratio Reduces Efficacy of Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation in Managing Strawberry Root Rot Pathogens.

If you grow strawberries and keep losing plants to mysterious root rot, the fix might already be growing in your garden:...

Strawberry soil-health / composting

Understanding the control of perpetual flowering and continuous runnering in strawberry

If you grow strawberries and have ever wished your ever-bearing variety would also send out enough runners to fill a new bed,...

Strawberry crispr / crop-improvement

mock strawberry (Potentilla indica) observed in Rowley Rd, Clarksville, MD, US

Mock strawberry creeping through your lawn or garden bed is easy to overlook as a weed — but its look-alike fruits and low...

Wild Strawberry invasive-species / urban-ecology

Trending: Virginia strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) — 374 observations this week

Virginia strawberry is fruiting in yards, meadows, and trail edges right now — and the tiny red berries are edible, intensely...

Virginia strawberry native-plants / foraging

Trending: Virginia strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) — 441 observations this week

Wild strawberry patches threading through your lawn or meadow edge aren't weeds — they're a ground-level native that feeds...

Virginia strawberry native-plants / foraging

Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on the bacterial communities of three compartments in strawberry roots.

Sprinkling a specific soil fungus around your strawberry bed could quietly recruit a team of beneficial bacteria that work...

Strawberry mycorrhizal-networks / soil-health

Fvchli deficiency impairs ABA-mediated stomatal closure and enhances susceptibility to Xanthomonas fragariae in strawberry.

Strawberry angular leaf spot — caused by the bacterium this study targets — is one of the most damaging diseases for...

Strawberry crispr / plant-signaling

Resistance of Botrytis cinerea to anilinopyrimidine fungicides: A novel ARMS-PCR method for the detection of Bcpos5 mutations and characterization of resistance using CRISPR/Cas9 editing.

Gray mold quietly destroys strawberry and tomato harvests — and the fungicide most growers spray to stop it is increasingly...

Strawberry fungicide-resistance / crispr

Precision editing to improve fruit traits: CRISPR/Cas into the picture.

Strawberries, bananas, and tomatoes at your grocery store could soon be bred to resist disease and pack more nutrients without...

Strawberry crispr / crop-improvement

Conned by the enemy: the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae lures and kills Drosophila suzukii.

The strawberries, blueberries, and cherries at your farmers market are under constant threat from an invasive fly that ruins...

Strawberry biocontrol / invasive-species

Conventional and biodegradable microplastics elicit contrasting taxon-level responses in rhizosphere microbiomes of maize and strawberry.

Plastic mulch film and garden plastic debris breaking down in your vegetable beds is quietly reshaping the microbial ecosystem...

Strawberry soil-health / microplastics

Polyploidy and plant resilience to environmental stresses: Molecular mechanisms and future applications.

The wheat in your bread, the strawberries in your garden, and the cotton in your clothes all carry extra chromosome sets that...

Strawberry climate-adaptation / crop-improvement

mock strawberry (Potentilla indica) observed in MD-423, Tracys Landing, MD, US

Mock strawberry quietly spreads through lawns, gardens, and parks near you — and knowing where it's showing up helps...

Wild Strawberry invasive-species / urban-ecology

Soil In-situ Enrichment Coupled with RPA-CRISPR/Cas12b for Rapid and Visual On-Site Detection of Fusarium oxysporum in Strawberry.

Strawberry wilt can wipe out entire crops silently through the soil, and this new tool lets farmers catch it early enough to...

Strawberry crop-improvement / soil-health

Spermidine improves plant growth and reduces dinotefuran accumulation in strawberries by competitively occupying ABC transporters.

It points toward a practical, natural way to grow safer strawberries with lower pesticide residues — the kind you actually eat...

Strawberry crop-improvement / plant-signaling

Protective holobiome promotes strawberry tolerance of biotic stresses.

Strawberries you buy at the store — or grow in your garden — may soon be protected by beneficial microbes instead of chemical...

Strawberry soil-health / crop-improvement