Welcome to the PIP-CAP website, a cutting-edge project funded by USDA-NIFA through the SCRI-CAP initiative from 2021-2025. Our vision is to revolutionize strawberry propagation in the US by harnessing Controlled Environment Technology, with a mission dedicated to creating indoor propagation protocols for various strawberry cultivars. Join us on this journey to diversify and enhance the methods of strawberry propagation.
*SCRI-CAP = Specialty Crop Research Initiative – Coordinated Agricultural Project
In the News
- Controlled Environment Produced Plantlets from Cornell
Over the past summer, graduate student Ava Forystek and Dr. Courtney Weber at Cornell University’s Agritech Campus ran a field trial to evaluate the phenotypic differences between bare root field propagated strawberry plantlets and controlled environment (CE) produced plug plants. - Phytotron: Photoperiod Research
The farm gate value of the strawberry industry in the United States reached $2.3 billion in 2020. - Phytotron: CO2 Trial
At North Carolina State University, you will find a building called Phytotron, full of large, controlled environment plant growth chambers.
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This work is supported by Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI), Grant no. 2021-51181-35857, Project accession no. 1027418, sponsored by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Please use this link for more information