India’s strawberry industry is built on borrowed genetics—farmers in Mahabaleshwar rely on imported mother plants from California, Italy, and Spain, facing massive seasonal risks from weather and costly annual replanting. With no native varieties, Indian growers are essentially renting top-tier genetics, locked into a high-stakes gamble. But hope is brewing: a Maharashtra university and nuclear research center are racing to breed India’s first climate-resilient strawberry using radiation tech, aiming for heat-tolerant fruit that matches imported quality. Meanwhile, tech-forward farms are betting big on hydroponics to grow strawberries year-round, despite steep learning curves and early losses, chasing flavor, control, and scale.
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