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
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- Inside Grower Feature: Sam HumphreySamson Humphrey, a master student at NC State was featured in the Inside Grower e-mail newsletter.
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- US (NC): Researchers to develop new propagation technology for the American strawberry industryThe life of a strawberry plant in the US usually starts as a tiny plant from tissue culture. The plants then go through a series…
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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