Volume 57 Number 2 Article 11
Year 2003 Month 4
Title: Trends in Lowbush Blueberry Cultivar Development (Hedrick Student Award Paper 2002)
Authors: D. Janes and D. Percival
Abstract:
Although lowbush blueberries (Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.) have been commercially produced for
over one hundred and forty years, the development of superior lowbush blueberry cultivars has lagged
behind the development of northern and southern highbush and rabbiteye cultivars.
With traits including good winter hardiness, low maintenance, low agrochemical input requirements, resistance to pests,
ease of mechanical harvest, moderate to high yields and berry compositional attributes including high
soluble solid and low acid levels, and more recently, high antioxidant and phytochemical contents, there
has been renewed interest and efforts in breeding lowbush and interspecific hybrid cultivars.
The objectives of this review are to briefly review the blueberry industry and breeding activities and examine
the contributions and roles of the lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.) in blueberry cultivar development.
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