Commercial production of northern highbush blueberry ( Vaccinium corymbosum ) is concentrated in the PNW, which includes Washington State, Oregon, and British Columbia. Washington State is the leading national producer, representing ≈18.6% (4452 ha
genotypes with diverse genetic backgrounds ( Table 1 ). A summary of this work and our conclusions from it are described subsequently. Table 1. Midwinter bud cold hardiness and germplasm composition of Vaccinium genotypes evaluated for timing and
-highbush ‘Northblue’ ( Vaccinium corymbosum L. × Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.) had significantly more lateral branching than SW plants ( Grout et al., 1986 ; Read et al., 1988 , 1989 ), whereas Albert et al. (2009) reported that ‘Northblue’ SW plants were
Blueberry ( Vaccinium spp.) plants in Florida are typically grown on sandy soils where the risk of N loss via leaching is greater than on clay soils ( Whitehead and Raistrick, 1993 ). Although cultivated blueberry grows optimally with ammonium as
-grown northern highbush blueberry ( V. corymbosum ) using only floral buds from the fourth node from the shoot apex. Both studies described the histological formation of flowers, but information on the formation of the inflorescence was limited. Tamada (1997
fruit leaf areas such as raspberry ( Rubus idaeus L.), redcurrant ( Ribes rubrum L.), blackberry ( Rubus fruticosus L.), gooseberry ( Ribes grossularia L.), and highbush blueberry ( Vaccinium corymbosum L.) is still lacking despite some studies on
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
highbush blueberry ( Vaccinium corymbosum ) and rabbiteye blueberry ( Vaccinium ashei ) fruit were considered. A durometer (FirmTech II) was used as the control instrument with the following setting: force thresholds (15–200 g), load cell speed (16 mm·s −1
production in acidic soils derived from volcanic ash (Andisols) in southern Chile ( Borie and Rubio, 2003 ; Mora et al., 2006 ). The preponderant current agronomic activity in this region is highbush blueberry cultivation. Although Vaccinium corymbosum is
plasticity in light response Can. J. Bot. 80 1063 1077 Kim, S.J. Yu, D.J. Kim, T.-C. Lee, H.J. 2011 Growth and photosynthetic characteristics of blueberry ( Vaccinium corymbosum cv. Bluecrop) under various shade levels Sci. Hort. 129 486 492 Kjelgren, R