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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In the News
- 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… - Impact of Lighting on Strawberry Biology
Article and images by Edward DurnerDepartment of Plant BiologyRutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Most seasonal flowering strawberries (Junebearers) produce a single crop in the spring…
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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