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
- PIP-CAP Research Published in HortScienceOur very own Objective 1 researchers, Dr. Erin Yafuso and Dr. Jennifer Boldt, were just published in academic journal, HortScience. Titled ‘Adjusting the Percentage of…
- 7 for 7 in our SCRI: PIP-CAP Internship Program
You can watch Lian discuss her internship experience here on YouTube, and you can view our entire Internship Experience playlist here on YouTube! In the… - In-field Performance of Plug Transplants
Article and images by Shinsuke Agehara Plant Physiologist Dr. Shinsuke Agehara and his research team at University of Florida completed the first-year field evaluation of…
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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