9th International Strawberry Symposium: Breeding and Genetics

This article is about 9th International Strawberry Symposium. Updates on new variety releases were given by researchers from breeding programs around the world, including NIAB-EMR in the UK, the breeding programs in Spain and Italy, and UC Davis (5 varieties of which will be available in Australia in coming seasons). The new varieties from UC Davis were covered on PAGE 72 in the Spring 2021 edition of the Australian Berry Journal. If anyone would like details about varieties from the other breeding programs, please contact me.