Developing resource-use efficient strawberries for substrate production

作物的最佳产量和质量的实现往往依赖于环境和植物基因型之间复杂的相互作用。在英国和整个欧洲，种植者越来越多地在基质上种植草莓等水果作物，而不是在土壤中种植，在温室和多管隧道中种植，而不是在露天地里种植。尽管为适应这种更严格控制的环境的品种提供了机会，但许多育种计划仍然在露天土壤中选择和试验新品种。在本项目中，将研究最佳无土生产的关键性状基础，以及在这种更受控制的环境中产生最高品质果实的性状。通过与农学家、基质生产者和超市合作，将为育种者开发利用遗传标记，并收集有价值的知识和实用技术，以优化新品种的生产，从而使受保护的英国草莓种植者受益。

The realisation of optimal yield and quality from a crop is often dependent upon a complex interaction between the environment and the plant genotype. In the UK and across Europe growers are increasingly producing fruit crops such as strawberries in substrates, rather than in soil and in glasshouses and polytunnels rather than the open field. Despite this opportunitity for cultivars tailored to this more controlled environment many breeding programmes still select and trial new varieties in the open field in soil. In this project the basis of key traits for optimate soil-less production will be investigated along with those yielding maximum fruit quality in this more controlled environment. Genetic markers will be developed for exploitaion by breeders and by working with agronomists, substrate producers and supermarkets valuable knowledge and practical techniques for optimum production of new cultivars will be gathered to benefit UK growers of stawberries under protection.