Fruit scientific research in New China in the past 70 years:Strawberry

Abstract: Since 1949, great achievements have been made in strawberry research in China. According to incomplete statistics, the total area of strawberries in China reached around 173 333 hm2 in 2018, and the total yields exceeded 5 million tons. It is remarkable that the area of everbearing strawberries in cool regions reached 5 000 hm2, while 112 cultivars were released. It has developed rapidly in the research areas of the collecting, evaluation and utilization of wild germplasm, cold-region nursery production, tray plants production, night cold technology in nursery, organic pest and disease control, storage and processing. The understanding of regulatory mechanisms of strawberry aroma and color formation,genomics study and resistance molecular markers have laid a foundation for breeding various cultivars.The strawberry tourism, known as pick-your-own fruit has become a highlight of the modern urban agriculture in China. Strawberry industry has played an important role in precision poverty alleviation, and in the further, it will play a more and more important role in rural revitalization and in the development of the‘Belt and Road'.