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), especially in northern highbush blueberry ( Vaccinium corymbosum ) and southern highbush blueberry (complex hybrids of V. corymbosum and Vaccinium darrowii ). Northern highbush blueberries for fresh markets need to maintain acceptable quality for 2 to 3

disease ( Bryla et al., 2008 ). The level of resistance to P. cinnamomi is known to vary among cultivars, but most studies have focused on rabbiteye ( Vaccinium ashei Reade) or southern highbush blueberry ( V. corymbosum L. interspecific hybrids

). However, in a recent study of southern highbush blueberry (complex hybrids based largely on V. corymbosum and V. darrowii Camp.) in Évora, Portugal, the use of white weed mat resulted in excessive weed growth underneath the mulch due to transmittance

d at room temperature [72 °F (22.2 °C)] and after 7 d in cold storage [36 °F (2.2 °C)] in firm-textured and soft-textured southern highbush blueberry cultivars (Farthing, Primadonna, Scintilla, Sweetcrisp) and selections (FL 05-528, FL 06-556) and a

from blueberry shoot cultures J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 106 396 398 Lyrene, P.M. 2008 Breeding southern highbush blueberries Plant Breed. Rev. 30 353 414 Lyrene, P.M. Vorsa, N. Ballingto, N.R. 2003 Polyploidy and sexual polyploidization in the genus

glocogsocioides , and Gloeosporium minus ) each year. Materials and methods Rabbiteye blueberry and southern highbush blueberry budgets developed by Westberry et al. (1995) , Cline and Mainland (1999) , and Lisec et al. (1995) were used as a starting point

highbush blueberries and assessed the effects of these methods on the quality and shelf life of the fruit. Forced-air cooling was slower and showed no effect on Salmonella reduction or quality of fruit. Hydrocooling provided faster cooling, and

the southern highbush blueberry with low chilling trait derived from Vaccinium darrowii Camp ( Hancock et al., 2008 ). ‘Perpetua’ nuclear stock has tested negative by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for Blueberry leaf mottle virus , Blueberry

.S. Department of Agriculture 1994 Notice to nurserymen of the naming and release for propagation of Pearl River, Magnolia, and Jubilee, three new southern highbush blueberry cultivars. Washington, D.C

et al., 2002 ; Spies et al., 2006 ). Severity of root rot by Pythium spp. was significantly reduced by applications of mefenoxam, fosetyl-Al, and phosphonate fungicides on a new planting of southern highbush blueberry ( V. corymbosum hybrid