BG-15.490.061 Strawberry Variety with Stable Propagation
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for a new strawberry variety that is adapted to the climate and growing conditions of the central coast of California, with unique fruit and plant characteristics that distinguish it from existing varieties, and is stable through asexual reproduction.
Innovation Solution
The development of the strawberry variety 'BG-15.490.061', which is a result of a controlled cross between 'BG-4316' and 'BG-7.3065', exhibiting traits such as orange-red to red fruit, medium size, conical shape, fair flavor, medium yellow-green foliage, and low anthocyanin pubescence, adapted to the central coast climate.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a controlled cross between strawberry varieties is performed to create a new variety, then unique fruit and plant characteristics are achieved, but stability through asexual reproduction must be demonstrated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary testing of the new strawberry variety 'BG-15.490.061' through multiple generations of asexual reproduction to预先 demonstrate stability before commercial release. The variety was tested over several years in fruiting fields in Ventura County, California, and propagated by stolons in Siskiyou County and San Joaquin County, establishing reliable propagation protocols that ensure true-to-type characteristics are maintained.
2Reliability
If the strawberry variety is adapted to central coast California climate, then fruit quality is maintained during winter and spring, but the variety must exhibit specific traits suited to this environment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent develops a strawberry variety specifically adapted to the local climate conditions of central coast California, with the nearby Pacific Ocean providing humidity and moderate temperatures. The variety exhibits local adaptations including medium yellow-green foliage, conical fruit shape, and specific pubescence characteristics that are optimized for this particular environment, allowing fruit quality maintenance during winter and spring production months.
3Measurement precision
If molecular markers are used for variety identification, then precise identification is achieved, but the complexity of characterization increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional phenotypic characterization methods with molecular marker-based identification systems. Specific molecular markers have been determined for variety 'BG-15.490.061', allowing precise genetic identification and verification of asexual propagation fidelity without relying solely on physical trait observation, thereby substituting biochemical analysis for morphological assessment.
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AI summary
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named ‘BG-15.490.061’. This new strawberry plant named ‘BG-15.490.061’ is primarily adapted to the growing conditions of the central coast of California, and is primarily characterized by its orange red to red fruit color, medium fruit size, conical fruit shape, with slight differences between primaries and secondaries; fair fruit flavor, with seeds typically held even the surface; medium to large plant size, with medium plant density; medium yellow green foliage color, with slightly concave to flat cross section; and fruiting trusses typically held even to below the plant, with little to no anthocyanins and weak pubescence.