Fragile Raspberries Need Extra Care COLLEGE PARK, Md. Every year, Maryland imports close to $4 million in raspberries. Because they are fragile, rasp berries need extra care when they are being transported long dis tances. As a result, imported rasp berries are more expensive than those grown locally. Unfortunately, raspberries do not grow easily in Maryland’s cold winters and hot summers. However, the Maryland Agricul tural Experiment Station (MAES) researchers are working to devel op new varieties to solve this problem. Maryland can replace imported raspberries with berries grown here, said Harry Swartz, head of MAES’ raspberry breeding pro gram. Today the program has ex panded to include cooperators from Virginia, New York, New Jersey, and Wisconsin. “We’re fulfilling a regional need,” Swartz said. “This is one of the most comprehensive raspberry breeding programs around.” Swartz is using every available means at his disposal to improve the genetic makeup of raspberries, including something which hasn’t been used with raspberries before; Agrobacterium-mediated transfor mation. In a process known as transfor mation, Agrobacterium, the cause of crown gall disease, splices some of its own genes into the genetic makeup of its host plant. If Swartz replaces the bacterial genes with genes he has chosen for example, genes which code for disease resistance or the ability to jf jhn CO-FLEX / jf / HOOF / WRAPS si“ 2”x5 yards Good Selection Of FLY SPRAY & BAIT In Stock! 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They have also produced the largest group of raspberries adapted to warm weather rasp berries are usually considered cold weather plants, unable to live in climates that get too hot They have provided a wide range of traits for breeders to work with and use the widest range of spe cies to get their hybrids. Swartz hopes to encourage the growth of a raspberry industry in Maryland. “There are opportuni ties to grow raspberries on the Eastern Shore and in Western Maryland,” he said. Unlike many crops, raspberries are immune to late season frost. 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