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-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… - Newsletter Issue 3: Student Highlights
Want to get to know more about the students highlighted in our newsletter? Scroll to read more about Dr. Ibraheem Olasupo, Lian Durón Alvarado, and…
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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