Daubeny, H. 2003. The North America Red Raspberry - A Genetic Resource Awaiting Exploitation. Davidsonia. 14(4):145-151

Rubus idaeus L., the red raspberry consists of two subspecies, R. idaeus subsp. strigosus Michx, which is native to North America and far eastern Asia, and R. idaeus subsp. vulgatus Arrhen, which is native to Europe and Asia Minor. The subspecies are usually referred to as R. strigosus and R. idaeus, respectively. Neither is adequately represented in the red raspberry breeding gene pool. This paper describes efforts to find potentially useful parents with disease or insect resistances from previously unexploited selections of R. strigosus. Selections with resistances to aphid, root rots, and cane diseases were identified and have been incorporated into the Pacific Agriculture Research Centre’s breeding programme. Several derivatives of the selections have the potential to become cultivars with entirely new sources of resistances.