Strawberries

 

We probably have the largest collection of synthetic tetraploid and synthetic octoploid hybrid strawberries in the world. These are multispecies hybrids that have rarely been used in breeding strawberries. With a 'Prairie Fruit Genebank' grant from Saskatchewan Agriculture, we plan to make this collection available to other breeders.

Breeding goals of the program are:

  • increased disease resistance
  • better flavours