Strawberry Cultivar Breeding for Early Yield and 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 consistent fruit quality during fall and winter months, with limited genetic diversity and distinctiveness.
Innovation Solution
Development of a new strawberry variety, 'SB_17_106-052', derived from controlled crosses and asexual propagation, exhibiting unique traits such as achenes below the fruit surface, very vigorous growth, high early yield, and large berry size, adapted to West Central Florida's climate.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering 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 consistent fruit quality during fall and winter months
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 17 106-052' exhibits altered parameters including very vigorous plant habit, early flowering and fruiting, high marketable yield, and consistent fruit quality during fall and winter months, resolving the contradiction between productivity and reliability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If existing strawberry varieties are used in West Central Florida, then they can be grown in the region, but they lack genetic diversity and distinctiveness
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by developing distinct strawberry varieties through controlled cross-pollination between specific parental lines. The new variety 'SB 17 106-052' represents a segmented genetic lineage with unique characteristics including very vigorous growth, early yielding, and consistent fruit quality, thereby increasing genetic diversity while maintaining reliable performance.
3Productivity
If a new strawberry variety is developed through controlled crosses and asexual propagation, then unique traits such as achenes below the fruit surface, very vigorous growth, high early yield, and large berry size are achieved, but the development process requires extensive testing and propagation time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by conducting extensive controlled cross-pollination experiments and selective breeding programs to pre-establish the desired genetic traits before commercial deployment. The new variety 'SB 17 106-052' was developed through years of preliminary work including controlled crosses, stolon propagation, and field testing to ensure the fixation of unique traits such as achenes below fruit surface, very vigorous growth, and high early yield, thereby reducing future development time.
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AI summary
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named ‘SB_17_106-052’. This new strawberry plant named ‘SB_17_106-052’ 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; very vigorous plant habit; very high early marketable yield; early time of first flower and fruit; and large berry size.