Strawberry is one of four crops included in the USDA-NIFA Specialty Crop Research Initiative-funded RosBREED project along with apple, peach, and cherry. Phenotyping strawberry for specific horticultural and commercial traits is important to identify associations with genotypic marker(s). This process is the first step in translating genomic knowledge into enhanced...
This dissertation describes the application and development of molecular tools that have great potential for use in studying variation in strawberry germplasm. The first study evaluated 91 microsatellite (simple sequence repeat, SSR) markers for transferability in 22 Fragaria species and their utility in fingerprinting octoploid strawberries. Out of the transferable...
The transmission of strawberry mottle virus (SMV) to Fragaria vesca
L. by Chaetosiphon thomasi and C. fragaefolii was studied to determine
differences between the two species. Acquisition, inoculation, and
retention phases of transmission were described. In all phases, C.
fragaefolii was found to be the more efficient vector.
Mean transmission...