EUFRUIT WP2 Y3 NIAB EMR scanning report 'Soft Fruit Variety Testing'

This scanning report provided a brief overview of the state of play for berry variety testing in the UK. Most trials are carried out privately by producer organizations and breeding programmes and protocols vary depending of the organisation that carries them out. At NIAB EMR it is typical to record objective measurements include harvest date, marketable and unmarketable yield (g/plant), firmness and sugar content (°brix) and. Firmness, appearance, flavour, post harvest storage, and flowering and vegetative characteristics are also usually recorded on a subjective (1-5 or 1-9) scale. Wherever possible varieties are sourced from breeding programmes world wide and can be evaluated alongside NIAB EMR selections and varieties.
Levy-funded variety trials for strawberry and raspberry have now been discontinued.

Documents

EUFRUIT WP2 Y3 NIAB EMR scanning report 'Soft Fruit Variety Testing' () Scanning report

Details

Activity type

Publication of scanning report

Activity work package

Performance of new fruit varieties

Activity number

NIABEMR-WP2-A54

Activity contact

Felicidad Fernández Fernández
Adam Whitehouse

Activity partner

NIAB EMR

Activity country

United Kingdom

Last edit

05-06-2018