Strawberry plant variety named ‘DrisStrawSeventySix’

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named DrisStrawSeventySix, selected for its fruit flavor, fruit size, and yield, is disclosed.

Claims

1. A new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named DrisStrawSeventySix as shown and described herein.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) This new strawberry plant is illustrated by the accompanying photographs. The colors shown are as true as can be reasonably obtained by conventional photographic procedures. The photographs are of plants that are 24 weeks old.

(2) FIG. 1 illustrates whole fruit of variety DrisStrawSeventySix.

(3) FIG. 2 illustrates longitudinal sections of fruit of variety DrisStrawSeventySix.

(4) FIG. 3 shows the upper and lower surfaces of flowers of variety DrisStrawSeventySix.

(5) FIG. 4A shows the upper surface of a leaf of variety DrisStrawSeventySix. FIG. 4B shows the lower surface of a leaf of variety DrisStrawSeventySix.

(6) FIG. 5 illustrates a plant of variety DrisStrawSeventySix.

(7) FIG. 6 illustrates plants of variety DrisStrawSeventySix.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

(8) The following detailed descriptions set forth the distinctive characteristics of DrisStrawSeventySix. The data which define these characteristics is based on observations taken in Ventura County, Calif. from 2013 to 2019. This description is in accordance with UPOV terminology. Color designations, color descriptions, and other phenotypical descriptions may deviate from the stated values and descriptions depending upon variation in environmental, seasonal, climatic, and cultural conditions. DrisStrawSeventySix has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The botanical description of DrisStrawSeventySix was taken from plants that were 24 weeks old. The indicated values represent averages calculated from measurements of several plants. Color references are primarily to The RHS Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society of London (RHS) (2007 edition). Descriptive terminology follows the Plant Identification Terminology, An Illustrated Glossary, 2.sup.nd edition by James G. Harris and Melinda Woolf Harris, unless where otherwise defined. Classification: Species.Fragaria x ananassa. Common name.Strawberry. Denomination.DrisStrawSeventySix. Parentage: Female parent.Proprietary variety 108T181 (unpatented). Male parent.DrisStrawTwentySeven (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 23,400). Plant: Height.24.1 cm. Diameter.38.9 cm. Number of crowns per plant.5. Growth habit.Spreading. Stolon: Average number of daughter plants per square foot.10. Diameter at bract.3.3 mm. Anthocyanin coloration.Weak. Anthocyanin color.RHS 173A (Dark reddish orange). Leaf: Number of leaflets.Three only. Color of upper surface.RHS NN137B (Greyish olive green). Variegation.Absent. Terminal leaflets.Length: 6.53 cm. Width: 5.58 cm. Length/width ratio: 1.2. Number of teeth/terminal leaflet: 22. Shape of base: Obtuse. Margin: Serrate. Shape in cross section: Concave. Petiole: Length.16.9 cm. Diameter.3.65 mm. Attitude of hairs.Horizontal. Bract frequency (number present on each petiole).0.17. Petiolule: Length.8.75 mm. Diameter.2.14 mm. Stipule: Length.3.57 cm. Width.16.34 mm. Anthocyanin coloration.Weak. Anthocyanin color.RHS 36D (Pale yellowish pink). Inflorescence: Position in relation to foliage.Same level. Pedicel.Attitude of hairs: Horizontal. Flower.Flower diameter (petal tip to petal tip on non-flattened flower): 16.69 mm. Arrangement of petals: Overlapping. Stamen: Present. Typical and observed number of flowers per plant: 68. Petal.Length: 11.51 mm. Width: 11.49 mm. Length/width ratio: 1.0. Typical and observed petal number: 5. Color of upper side: RHS NN155D (White). Calyx.Diameter (sepal tip to sepal tip, measured on back of flower): 34.30 mm. Sepal.Length (sepal tip to point of attachment to receptacle): 14.62 mm. Width: 5.30 mm. Typical and observed sepal number: 10.60. Fruit: Length.53.7 mm. Width.45.1 mm. Length/width ratio.1.2. Fruit hollow length.28.9 mm. Fruit hollow width.11.1 mm. Fruit hollow length/width ratio.2.6. Shape.Conical. Color.RHS N45A (Moderate red). Position of achenes.Level with surface. Position of calyx attachment.Level with fruit. Attitude of sepals.Upwards. Color of flesh (excluding core).RHS 42B (Strong reddish orange). Color of core.RHS N34D (Moderately reddish orange). Production: Flowering interval.January to May. Harvest interval.February to June. Type of bearing.Not remontant. Productivity.7,891 kg to 11,873 kg of fruit per acre per season from five-month-old plants when grown in Ventura County, Calif. Resistance to diseases, pests, and abiotic stress: Two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae): Moderately resistant. Botrytis fruit rot (Botrytis cinerea): Moderately susceptible. Powdery mildew (Podosphaera macularis): Moderately resistant. Anthracnose crown rot (Colletotrichum acutatum): Moderately resistant.

COMPARISON WITH PARENTAL AND COMMERCIAL VARIETIES

(9) DrisStrawSeventySix differs from the proprietary female parent 108T181 (unpatented) in that DrisStrawSeventySix has higher yield, better flavor, larger berry size, and more vigorous canopy as compared to 108T181.

(10) DrisStrawSeventySix differs from the male parent DrisStrawTwentySeven (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 23,400) in that DrisStrawSeventySix has higher yield, better flavor, larger berry size, and more vigorous canopy as compared to DrisStrawTwentySeven.

(11) DrisStrawSeventySix differs from the commercial variety DrisStrawThirtySix (U.S. Plant Pat.No. 25,698) in that DrisStrawSeventySix has a spreading plant growth habit, a serrate margin of terminal leaflet, inflorescence on the same level as foliage, and achenes level with fruit surface, whereas DrisStrawThirtySix has a semi-upright plant growth habit, a crenate margin of terminal leaflet, inflorescence above foliage, and achenes below fruit surface.

(12) DrisStrawSeventySix differs from the commercial variety DrisStrawFortySeven (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 27,813) in that DrisStrawSeventySix has a spreading plant growth habit, an obtuse shape of base of terminal leaflet, inflorescence on the same level as foliage, and an upwards attitude of sepals on fruit, whereas DrisStrawFortySeven has a semi-upright plant growth habit, a rounded shape of base of terminal leaflet, inflorescence above foliage, and an upwards to outwards attitude of sepals on fruit.