FPS Berries Program

In addition to its program for UC strawberry varieties, FPS offers import & quarantine and diagnostic testing services to other domestic and international stakeholders and breeding programs.

Import & Quarantine Services

Berries (Rubus, Vaccinium, Fragaria) entering the US for planting must complete testing to screen for regulated pathogens, followed by microshoot-tip tissue culture therapy if regulated pathogens are present in the source material. FPS is one of the centers permitted by USDA-APHIS-PPQ to provide this service.

FPS offers import and quarantine of berry material, which includes testing for regulated pathogens, virus clean-up service (additional fee, see right) if required, and release of tested material back to the sponsor.

Diagnostic Testing Services

If you are interested in custom testing of berries for export purposes or for general diagnostic use, please contact us with your request. FPS offers High Throughput Sequencing and PCR (when assays are available).

To initiate this service contact FPS: