Year Awarded 2024
FFAR award amount $149,662
Total award amount $299,323
Location Davis, CA
Program Rapid Outcomes from Agricultural Research
Matching Funders University of California, Davis
Grantee Institution University of California, Davis
Some 90% of the nation’s fresh strawberries are grown in California, but the crop is threatened by the Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. fragariae (Fof) fungus, the rapid spread of which could harm both the availability of the popular fruit and growers’ livelihoods. With a ROAR grant, University of California, Davis researchers are conducting research to better understand and quickly combat the pathogen.