Breeding of strawberries in water where other fish would freeze to death but, with a special gene that allows it to produce a sort of anti-freeze, it can survive. This gene is put into a bacteria that is sprayed on the strawberry during the freezing temperatures, allowing it to also be resistant to cold. The strawberry is then cleaned, removing the bacteria. Breeding of strawberries The breeding of strawberries is a long story that starts with the selection and cultivation of European strawberry species in western Europe in the 15th century while a similar discovery and cultivation occurred in Chile. The most commonly
Breeding of strawberries have employed many breeding techniques, starting with traditional plant breeding and then moving on to molecular breeding and genetic engineering in the 20th century. In Europe, there were three main strawberry species. They are "Fragaria vesca", "F. viridis" and "F. moschata". By the time American plants were introduced, the most commonly grown of these was "F. vesca". A species that has both red and blue varieties . It is also known as the "woodland strawberry". Of particular interest is "F. sylvestris" var. "semperflorens", a variety of "F vesca". "F. sylvestris" var. "semperflorens" is unusual, because it is ever-bearing, meaning that