MARVEL Strawberry Plant Yield and Adaptability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing strawberry varieties do not adequately combine traits such as medium red fruit color, increased marketable yield, medium to large fruit size, conical to cylindrical shape, and strong pubescence, which are desirable for the central coast of California's climate and growing conditions.
Innovation Solution
The development of a new strawberry variety, 'MARVEL', resulting from a controlled cross between 'PS-1269' and 'PS-2880', exhibiting unique characteristics like medium red fruit color, increased marketable yield, medium to large fruit size, conical to cylindrical fruit shape, and strong pubescence, adapted to the central coast of California's climate and growing conditions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If existing strawberry varieties are used, then general cultivation requirements are met, but the combination of medium red fruit color, increased marketable yield, medium to large fruit size, conical to cylindrical shape, and strong pubescence is not achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple desirable traits from different parental varieties through controlled cross-breeding. The 'MARVEL' variety merges medium red fruit color, increased marketable yield, medium to large fruit size, conical to cylindrical shape, and strong pubescence into a single unified variety that adapts to central coast of California climate conditions.
2Productivity
If existing strawberry varieties are used, then basic fruit production is achieved, but the specific combination of fruit color, size, shape, and pubescence traits desired for central coast of California is not obtained
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary controlled cross-breeding between selected parental varieties ('PS-1269' and 'PS-2880') to establish the desired trait combination before wide-scale propagation. This preliminary genetic combination ensures that the medium red fruit color, increased yield, medium to large size, conical to cylindrical shape, and strong pubescence are fixed and remain true to type through successive generations of asexual reproduction.
3Productivity
If existing strawberry varieties are used, then general growing conditions are satisfied, but the specific fruit quality and production characteristics needed for October through December production are not achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the genetic parameters of the strawberry variety through controlled cross-breeding to achieve specific production characteristics. The 'MARVEL' variety exhibits medium red fruit color, medium to large fruit size, conical to cylindrical shape, and strong pubescence, with fruit production optimized for October through December in the central coast of California region.
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AI summary
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named ‘MARVEL’. This new strawberry plant named ‘MARVEL’ is primarily adapted to the growing conditions of the central coast of California, and is primarily characterized by its medium red fruit color; increased marketable fruit yield; medium to large fruit size; conical to cylindrical fruit shape; achene position that ranges from level with to above the fruit surface; medium to large plant size; medium green foliage color; medium foliage size; petiole pubescence that ranges from moderate to heavy; and strong pubescence of the fruiting truss.