Fragaria x ananassa Duch., the modern cultivated octaploid
strawberry (2n = 8x = 56) is [1] in great demand for fresh
market as well as in fruit processing industry for preparing jams
and other products. Its popularity can be judged from the fact
that the production of strawberry has increased considerably
over the past few years, i.e. from 1768 thousand MT in 1981 to
3491 thousand MTin 2004