I am a PhD student. I use wild strawberry as a model species to do research.
I am interested to know where and what kind of wild strawberries can I find in Pakistan?
I research on Strawberry and am interested in the varities present in Pakistan...I had written to the govt and some institutes (a total of 13 emails) but only 1 replied and the guy sounded really weird....I have asked 1-2 relatives in Pakistan to help but I doubt that is enough...So here is what I need help in:
I need to know if there is different varieties of wild strawberry present in Pakistan...and no not from your back garden but wild strawberries ...I know there are but I cant seem to get my hands on them....
If you know someone in some agriculture or breeding institutes or NGO or some companies can I please get some websites...
I am willing to start a collaboration if needed but for now I just want wild strawberry plants shipped to Europe...I collaborate with 5 research stations....
Below are examples:
Fragaria vesca plants grow to around 0.3 m (1 ft) high, short, woody stems and a basal rosette of compound leaves, with 3 coarsely toothed leaflets around 6 cm (2.5 in) long. The plants are characterized by long arching runners or stolons, which form new plantlets at the tip, and that allow them to reproduce vegetatively as well as by seed. The small, white, 5-parted flowers, 1.25 to 2 cm (0.5 to 0.75 in), occur in small clusters. The strawberries formed in the wild, uncultivated types are quite small, 1 to 2 cm (0.25 to 0.75 in) across, and generally ripen to red (although there is a white form).
Fragaria virginiana plants are characterized by basal rosette of compound leaves, 2.5 to 10 cm (1 to 4 in) long, with 3 leaflets, each having 4 to 8 pairs of teeth. The plants are characterized by long arching runners or stolons, and that allow them to reproduce vegetatively as well as by seed. The small, white, 5-parted flowers, 0.5 to 2.5 cm (0.25 to 1 in) across, occur in small clusters. The strawberries are quite small, 0.5 to 2 cm (0.25 to 0.75 in) across, and generally ripen to red.
The flowers are white with many yellow stamens and pistils. There are ten small green sepals under the petals. The varieties of F. virginiana are distinct from the other two species by the somewhat elongated gray-green leaves, finer textured like the woodland strawberry, lower growing like the coastal. This species is found in drier meadows and open woodlands east of the Cascades, and so can take somewhat harsher conditions than its west-of-the-mountains cousins.
Fragaria iinumae is known for its unique characters not found in other Fragaria diploids such as the glaucous leaves. It has sympodial runners and its flowers have six to nine petals per flower, while Fragaria flowers commonly have five
Fragaria chiloensis typically grows to a height of five to twenty centimeters. Leaves are leathery with a petiole generally two to twenty cm; blades are one to six cm long and obovate, densely hairy below, generally glabrous above. Each leaf is rounded to truncate, with typically seven to eleven teeth. The whitish flower is generally two to four cm wide.
I have attached 2 pages of a journal article for how to differentiate these species...Well honestly speaking since I am a molecular biologist I cant really bother of how to differentiate them....they all look the sameto me :ashamed: ...Only Horticulturist or some Botanist would be able to differentiate hence am asking for help from those who know someone who is doing some form of research on these who can tell where they can find.... yes I need to know the habitat (where it is found/ picked / last seen ...send pix if you can or something....
Yellowish leaflets; petiolules almost absent
Oblate to globose berries; pale green skin with a red blush; firm flesh; acidic applelike aroma;
Fragaria nubicola is a species of strawberry native to the Himalaya.
This one was reported in Pakistan...However the bloody person who reported it never replied my email and the other person whom I wrote to told me it was Fragaria Vesca (which we are not interested in)
