The Southern Fruitcast
The Southern Fruitcast covers the people, technology and latest developments in small fruit production in the Southeast.
The Southern Fruitcast
Ep. 003 - Strawberry Cultivar Selection and NC State Small Fruit Breeding with Gina Fernandez (7-2-2020)
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In this episode we are joined by Dr. Gina Fernandez, Professor of Horticulture and strawberry, blackberry, and raspberry breeder at North Carolina State University. Gina came on the podcast to discuss how her new strawberry releases, Rocco and Liz, fit in with the current popular southeastern commercial cultivars. She also discussed her breeding efforts towards anthracnose resistance in strawberry, heat tolerance in raspberry, nutrient management in primocane fruiting blackberry, and NC State’s new blackberry cultivar, Von.