Blueberries: a century of research

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by  Gough, Robert Edward, Korcak, Ronald F

Robert E. Gough, PhD
Ronald F. Korcak, PhD
Editors
Blueberries:
A Century of Research
Pre-publication "T
his conference proceedings gh'es
REVIEWS,
a fascinating update of current re
COMMENTARIES,
search in blueberries. Several of the
EVALUATIONS ... chapters give reviews of the great strides
the breeders have made in the last one
hundred years. Others document the
current efforts being made to adapt
blueberries for higher pH mineral soils."
Adam Dale, PhD
Research Scientist, Berry Crops,
Horticultural Research Institute
o/Ontario
More pre-publication
REVIEWS, COMMENTARIES, EVALUATIONS . ..
"A
number of prominent re- growers will find considerable new
searchers working with blue practical information to aid them in
benies panicipated in the 7th commercial production with high
North American Blueberry Re bush blueberries. Topics include
search-Extension Workers Confer soil nutrient availability, disease and
ence in July 1994. Their reports pests detection, mulching and hor
are assembled in this book, Blue monal fruit induction."
berries: A Centry of Research,
edited by Roben Gough and Ron James H. Cane, PhD
aid Korcak. .. . For nearly a cen
Associate Professor
tury, plant breeders have been se Auburn University
lecting highbush blueberry germ
plasm from the field and, through
cross-pollination and hybridiza
tion, developed cultivars bearing
desirable attributes for growth,
bloom, berry qualities and disease
resistance. ... (H)ighbush blueber
ry cultivars are increasingly derived
from crosses between a number
of genetically compatible species.
Several opening chapters concise
ly summarize the history of some
of these blueberry breeding pro
grams. Several subsequent and au
thoritative chapters then introduce
the results of creative new breed
ing programs that involve native
deerberry (V. stamineum) and
sparkleberry (Y. arboreum) . . ..
Additional chapters address as
pects of disease and pest detec
tion and identification, and breed
ing for resistance in commercial
bluebenies. . . . Finally informed
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Blueberries: a century of research / Roben E. Gough, Ronald F. Korcak, editors.
p. cm.
"Proceedings from the 7th North American Blueberry Research-Extension Workers Con
ference, July 5-8,1994, Beltsville, Maryland"-Prelim. p.
"Has also been published as )oumal of small fruit & viticulture, volume 3, numbers 2/3
and 4 1995"-T.p. verso. i
Includes bibliographical referi:nces.
ISBN 1-56022-053-8 (alk. pa~r)
1. Blueberries Congresses. LGough, Roben E. (Robert Edward) 11. Korcak, Ronald F.
Ill. North American Blueberry Research-Extension Workers Conference (7th: 1994: Belts
ville, MD)
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