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Report

Publisher

The University of Maine

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Publication Date

1-2014

Publisher location

Orono, ME

Abstract/ Summary

The 2013 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. Development of effective intervention measures to maintain and improve food safety for wild blueberries

2. Do wild blueberries alleviate risk factors related to the Metabolic Syndrome?

3. Wild Blueberry consumption and exercise-induced Oxidative Stress: Inflammatory Response and DNA damage

4. Control tactics for blueberry pest insects, 2013

5. Pesticide residues on wild blueberry, 2013

6. Biology of pest insects and IPM, 2013

7. Biology of blueberry, beneficial insects, and blueberry pollination

8. Biology of spotted wing drosophila, 2013

9. Maine wild blueberry –mummy berry research and extension

10. Evaluation of fungicides for control of mummy berry on lowbush blueberry (2013)

11. Wild blueberry Extension Education Program in 2013

INPUT SYSTEMS STUDY:

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

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

14. Agronomic input effects on sensory quality and chemical composition of wild Maine blueberries

15. Systems approach to improving the sustainability of wild blueberry production, Year four of a four-year study – reports from Frank Drummond

16. Systems approach to improving the sustainability of wild blueberry production, Year 4 of a four-year study, disease management results

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

18. Phosphorus and organic matter interactions on short-range ordered minerals in acidic barren soils

19. Systems approach to improving the sustainability of wild blueberry production, preliminary economic comparison for 2012-13

20. Ancillary projects in disease research (ancillary study)

21. Systems approach to improving the sustainability of wild blueberry production – Ancillary land-leveling study, Year Three of a four-year study (ancillary study)

22. Pre-emergent combinations of herbicides for weed control in wild blueberry fields – 2013 results from the 2012 trial (ancillary study)

23. Evaluation of herbicides for 2012 prune year control of fineleaf sheep fescue in wild blueberries – 2013 crop year results (ancillary study)

24. 2012 pre-emergence application timing and rate of Alion and Sandea in combination with Velpar or Sinbar – 2013 yields (ancillary study)

25. Pre-emergence Sinbar combinations for weed control in a non-crop wild blueberry field – 2012-2014 (ancillary study)

26. Evaluation of three pre-emergence herbicides alone and in combination with Velpar or Sinbar for effects on wild blueberry productivity and weed control (ancillary study)

27. Post-harvest control of red sorrel in a non-crop blueberry field, 2012-2014 (ancillary study)

28. Compost and mulch effects on soil health and nutrient dynamics in wild blueberry (ancillary study)

29. Evaluation of conventional and organic fertilizers on blueberry growth and yield (ancillary study)

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