cuttings, lack bitterness in the berry, and retain the ripe berries on the bush through harvest. Genes from V. stamineum might allow production of highbush blueberries having upland soil adaptation, open flower clusters, and berries that ripen late, and
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. elliottii has been used to a limited extent in blueberry breeding programs in North Carolina and Florida. The intent has been to obtain cultivars that incorporate the ability of V. elliottii to grow on drought-prone upland soils that have low organic
cultivated and grown commercially in the southeastern United States. The loamy bottomland ridges to which pecans are adapted typically consist of well-drained soils high in organic matter ( Sparks, 2005 ). By contrast, upland soils of the southeastern United
pepo L.) ( Reiners and Riggs, 1997 ) have variable or no yield response to N fertilization. Johnson et al. (1973) found cucumber yield response to N rate to be variable depending on soil type, where the greatest response was on eroded, upland soils
). The nitrification inhibitors dicyandiamide and 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole reduced nitrification by 28% and 52% in subtropical and upland soil conditions ( Singh and Verma, 2007 ). Urease inhibitors slow the urease enzyme that changes urea into ammonia
upland soil series was located on Ruston, Norfolk, Tifton, Orangeburg, Greenville, Red Bay, and Cecil soils. About 66% and 60% of the soils surveyed in 2005 and 2008, respectively, were among these soil groups ( Tables 1 and 2 ). Soil pH averaged 5
native to the southeastern United States. It grows in calcareous, sandy or sandy clay upland soils and tolerates soil pH up to 6.5, low organic matter ( Lyrene, 1997 ), low Fe availability, and nitrogen in the form of nitrate (NO 3 − ) ( Darnell and Hiss
a tolerance to upland soils ( Trehane, 2004 ). Ehlenfeldt and Ballington (2012) have indicated that it freely hybridizes with V. cylindraceum and V. padifolium . Darrow et al. (1944) determined a single specimen of V. arctostaphylos to be 4
upland soils of the Ozark Highlands ( Brye et al., 2013 ). The experimental organic orchard site had been in horticultural crop production for ≈75 years. Before orchard establishment, the site was prepared and cultivated in 2005 (described in Mays et al