Strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duch.) production in Florida is the second largest in the U.S. after California, with about 3360 hectares and gross sales over $330 million. Florida is the largest supplier of strawberries during the winter months in the U.S. and the majority of the strawberry production occurs in the west central part of the state. Strawberry yields in Florida have increased ove...

We genotyped strawberry cultivars by two newly selected and two previously reported SSR markers. All four markers produced interpretable electropherograms from 75 accessions consisting of 72 Fragaria × ananassa cultivars or lines and three octoploid Fragaria species accessions. These SSR markers were highly polymorphic; in particular, one of the newly developed markers, FxaHGA02P13, was capable...

Abstract Cultivated strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) is one of our youngest domesticates, originating in early eighteenth-century Europe from spontaneous hybrids between wild allo-octoploid species chiloensis and Fragaria virginiana). The improvement horticultural traits by 300 years breeding has enabled the global expansion production. Here, we describe genomic history domestication earliest t...

A cDNA clone encoding a putative dihydroflavonol 4-reductase gene has been isolated from a strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa cv Chandler) DNA subtractive library. Northern analysis showed that the corresponding gene is predominantly expressed in fruit, where it is first detected during elongation (green stages) and then declines and sharply increases when the initial fruit ripening events occur, ...

Objective: The goal of this study is to find out how Fragaria Ananassa (strawberries) affects serotonin levels and mouse immobility duration during the different tests performed in mice evaluate antidepressant effects FragariaAnanassa. Methods: Antidepressant compared with Standard drugs by performing a Forced Swim Test Tail Suspension on albino mice. was administered two distinct groups animal...

Strawberry (Fragaria sp.) stands as an interesting model for studying flowering behaviour and its relationship with asexual plant reproduction in polycarpic perennial plants. Strawberry produces both inflorescences and stolons (also called runners), which are lateral stems growing at the soil surface and producing new clone plants. In this study, the flowering and runnering behaviour of two cul...