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Report

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The University of Maine

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Publication Date

1-2012

Publisher location

Orono, ME

Abstract/ Summary

The 2011 edition of the Wild Blueberry Project Reports was prepared for the Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine and the Wild Blueberry Advisory Committee by researchers at the University of Maine, Orono. Projects in this report include:

1. Mechanisms through which wild blueberries affect functional characteristics of the arterial wall related to endothelial dysfunction in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

2. Do wild blueberries affect high blood lipids, high blood glucose and obesity as related to the Metabolic Syndrome?

3. Control tactics for blueberry pest insects, 2011

4. IPM strategies, 2011

5. Biology and ecology of pest insects, 2011

6. Biology and ecology of beneficial insects, 2011

7. Pesticide residues on lowbush blueberry, 2011

8. Maine wild blueberry –mummy berry research and extension

9. Valdensinia leaf spot – Education, control and research – 2011

10. Effect of soil pH on nutrient uptake

11. Evaluation of several growth regulators for stimulating lowbush blueberry rhizome production

12. Evaluation of the effects of Gypsum (CaSO4) on wild blueberry fruit Ca concentration

13. Fall application of tribenuron methyl for bunchberry control in wild blueberries, 2009-2011 – effects of fall versus spring pruning on cover and yield in the crop year (final report)

14. Wild Blueberry Extension Education Program in 2011

INPUT SYSTEMS STUDY:

15. Systems approach to improving the sustainability of wild blueberry production, Year 2 of a four-year study – experimental design

16. The effects of different agronomic practices on the composition and quality of wild blueberries

17. Systems approach to improving the sustainability of wild blueberry production, Year 2 of a four-year study, blueberry quality from the first harvest year

18. Food safety- Prevalence study of Escherichia coli O157:H7, Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella spp. on lowbush blueberries (Vaccinium angustifolium)

19. Abundance of insect pest species and natural enemies in lowbush blueberry fields maintained under different management practices

20. Systems approach to improving the sustainability of wild blueberry production, Year 2 of a four-year study, disease management results

21. Systems approach to improving the sustainability of wild blueberry production, Year 2 of a four-year study, weed management results

22. Systems approach to improving sustainability of wild blueberry production, Year 1 of a four-year study, preliminary soil health and chemistry results

23. Management effects on the phosphorus chemistry of wild blueberry barrens soil

24. Systems approach to improving the sustainability of wild blueberry production, preliminary economic comparison 2010-2011

25. Transition to organic production Year 2: Evaluation of gypsum and bone char

26. The effect of field management, forest edge composition, and field location on insect-mediated ecosystem services (scavenging/predation) (ancillary study)

27. Pre-emergent combinations of herbicides for weed control in wild blueberry fields (ancillary study)

28. Systems approach to improving the sustainability of wild blueberry production – Ancillary land-leveling study, year 1 (ancillary study)

29. Effects of compost and mulch on soil health and soil nutrient dynamics in wild blueberry (ancillary study)

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