strawberries

Why don't strawberries stay fresh as long as we'd like? It all has to do with keeping them cold.

A fungus has taken over some strawberry fields in Florida. One grower lost as many as 80 acres in Manatee County.Pestalotiopsis affects the foliage and…

Natalia Peres, a professor of plant pathology at University of Florida, dreams of the day where harmful pathogens no longer pose a significant threat to…

March is a pivotal time in the world of strawberries. Production shifts westward, to California. In Florida, thousands of men and women who pick strawberries are moving on to other work.

A new study by University of Florida researchers finds Florida strawberry growers would benefit by starting the growing season just a few weeks earlier...

It's apple-picking time. For some of us, that's casual recreation. For tens of thousands of people, though, it's a paycheck — and one stop in a migratory life.