Strawberry Variety Breeding for Early Yield and Fall-Winter Fruit Quality

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing strawberry varieties in West Central Florida lack a combination of early yielding, vigorous growth, and high-quality fruit production during fall and winter months, with limited genetic diversity and distinct traits.

Innovation Solution

Development of a new strawberry variety, 'SB_17_058-032', which is adapted to West Central Florida's climate, exhibiting traits such as achenes slightly below the fruit surface, moderately vigorous growth, high marketable yield, large berry size, and excellent flavor, derived from controlled crosses with specific parental varieties.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If existing strawberry varieties are used in West Central Florida, then they can be grown in the region, but they lack a combination of early yielding, vigorous growth, and high-quality fruit production during fall and winter months

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveearly yielding and high marketable yieldVSAvoidadaptability to West Central Florida climate and fall-winter production

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by selecting and breeding for specific genetic traits that optimize performance in West Central Florida's subtropical climate. The new variety 'SB 17 058-032' exhibits modified parameters including earlier flowering time, increased runner production, and enhanced fruit set under short-day conditions, enabling productive fall-winter cultivation that previous varieties could not achieve

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The new strawberry variety achieves multi-functionality by simultaneously providing early yielding capability, vigorous plant growth, and high-quality fruit production during the fall and winter months. This single variety addresses multiple production requirements that previously required different varieties or could not be met at all in the West Central Florida region

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Adaptability or versatility

If existing strawberry varieties are used, then they provide some fruit production, but they have limited genetic diversity and distinct traits

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvegenetic diversity and distinct traitsVSAvoidfruit quality consistency and marketability

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The breeding program segmented the parental lines to capture specific desirable traits from each parent. The new variety combines the vigorous growth and runner production characteristics from one parent with the fruit quality and flavor traits from the other, creating a genetically diverse yet consistent variety that maintains reliable fruit quality while introducing new genetic characteristics to the region

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUSPP37282P2Strawberry plant named ‘SB_17_058-032’

Publication Date: 2026.02.24 PLANT SCIENCES GENETICS INC

AI summary

This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named ‘SB_17_058-032’. This new strawberry plant named ‘SB_17_058-032’ is primarily adapted to the growing conditions of West Central Florida, and is primarily characterized by achenes set slightly below the surface of the fruit; moderately vigorous plant habit; high marketable yield; very good fruit flavor; and large berry size.