Small Fruit
This page focuses on crop production and marketing aspects pertaining to small fruits (strawberry, blueberry, blackberry, raspberry, and other exotic berries). Information on cultivar recommendations, cultural practices including pruning, training, and trellising, plant and soil sanitation practices, and pest management can be found here.
- High tunnel and open-field strawberry budget
- Southeast Regional Berry IPM/Production Guides
- Virginia MarketMaker
- Plant Breeding Center, University of California, Davis
- California Strawberry Commission
- City of Virginia Beach, Strawberry Fact Sheet
- Cornell Fruit Resources
- The Mid-Atlantic Berry Guide for Commercial Growers 2013-2014
- MyIPM iPhone app
- NC State University, 2012 Strawberry Growers Information Portal
- North American Raspberry and Blackberry Association
- North American Strawberry Growers Association
- North Carolina Strawberry Association
- Strawberry Diagnosis key
- USDA-ERS. U.S. strawberry industry
- Virginia Small Fruits
- What is going on with my blackberry fruit?
- Frost/Freeze Protection in Strawberry
- Strawberry Variety Evaluation, Opportunities, and Challenges of High Tunnel Production
- Cyclamen Mite in Virginia Strawberries
- Blackberry Fruit: Nutrition Facts and Health Benefits
- Neopestalotiopsis disease in strawberry starter material
- Commercial blueberry farming: a beginner’s guide
- Backyard figs in Virginia: A growers guide
- A Survey of Strawberry Production Practices in Virginia
- Supermarkets as Alternative Market Outlets for Virginia-Grown Berries
- Small Fruit in the Home Garden
- Frost/Freeze Protection in Strawberry
- A Longer Marketing Life for Blackberry and Raspberry Fruit
- Evaluation of Blackberry Varieties in Virginia
- Weed Management in Small Fruit Crops
- Shoppers Guide for Berry Plants in the Mid-Atlantic and the Carolinas
- Mixed Infection of Strawberry Mottle Virus and Strawberry Mild Yellow Edge Virus in the Southeastern United States
- The Status and Future of Strawberry in the United States
Contact
Jayesh Samtani
Horticulture
jsamtani@vt.edu
Entomology
dgpfeiff@vt.edu
Jeffrey Derr
Weed Science
jderr@vt.edu