Volume 44 Number 2 Article 2 Pages: 53-53
Year 1990 Month 4
Title: Changing Trends in Blueberry Production and Cultivars in North America
Author: K. Patten
Citation
Abstract:
The blueberry industry in North
America has steadily increased over
the last few decades.
This expansion
has occurred throughout North Amer
ica, encompassing not only the tra
ditional highbush and lowbush blue
berry, but also the lowchill highbush,
half high, and the rabbiteye blueberry.
The latter three types of blueberries
represent only a small percentage of
the total blueberry production, but
have received considerable scientific
research aimed at their production
and germplasm development.Concomitant to the rapid expansion
of the blueberry industry, has been
the development of new germplasm,
new cultivars and innovative produc
tion practices.
To document these
changes the American Society for Hor
ticulture Science and the American
Pomological Society sponsored a work
shop on this subject in 1989. This
workshop chronicled the present status
of each type of blueberry, changes in
production practices and cultivars, di
rection for future research and devel
opment, and germplasm resources
available to meet the future needs of
cultivar development.
Because of the
market demand for the fruit, the
expansion of the industry into new
production zones, and the continuing
endeavors of research to improve
blueberry germplasm, the next decade
will continue to bring about rapid
changes in the North American blue
berry "industry.
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