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Genetic gains underpinning a little-known strawberry Green Revolution.
Nature communications - 19 Mar 2024
Feldmann Mitchell J, Pincot Dominique D A, Cole Glenn S, Knapp Steven J
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The annual production of strawberry has increased by one million tonnes in the US and 8.4 million tonnes worldwide since 1960. Here we show that the US expansion was driven by genetic gains from Green Revolution breeding and production advances that increased yields by 2,755%. Using a California population with a century-long breeding history and phenotypes of hybrids observed in coastal California environments,...
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