Video: Niab Soft Fruit Day – 3 December 2025 – Session 3

The 2025 Soft Fruit Day was a hybrid event held on 3 December 2025. Session 3 from Niab's Soft Fruit Day 2025 showcasing the latest in soft fruit research. Includes the following presentations: * Introducing The Soft Fruit Genetic Improvement Network – GIN (Xiangming Xu, Niab) * Industry perspectives (and needs) for pre-breeding genetics in soft fruit (Lucy Wilkins, Angus Soft Fruits) * Understanding water use efficiency in strawberry (Graham Dow, Niab) * Understanding nitrogen use efficiency in blueberry (Susan McCallum, the James Hutton Institute) * Resistance to large raspberry aphid (Andrew Gladman, ADAS and Feli Fernandez, Niab) * Genetics of resistance to powdery mildew in strawberry (Samantha Lynn, CTP Student) * Industry engagement (Rob Hancock, the James Hutton Institute)

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Categories: Blueberry, Breeding, Diseases, Growing Systems, Integrated Pest & Disease Management, Irrigation, Nutrient Management, Pests, Resistance Management, Strawberry
Author: NIAB
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