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Publisher

The University of Maine

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Publication Date

Winter 1996

Publisher location

Orono, ME

Abstract/ Summary

The 1995 edition of the CSREES Reports was prepared for the Maine Wild Blueberry Commission and the University of Maine Wild Blueberry Advisory Committee by researchers at the University of Maine, Orono. Projects in this report include:

1. Factors Affecting the Quality of IQF Blueberries

2. Preventing the Bleeding of Blueberry Fruit in Bakery Products

3. Removing Water from Blueberries Before Freezing

4. Determination of Pesticide Residue Levels in Freshly Harvested and Processed Lowbush Blueberries

5. Industrial Ingredients from Cull Blueberries

6. Application of Heat as a Method of Controlling Secondary Pest Insects on Lowbush Blueberries

7. The Phenology and Biology of Bumble Bees, Bombus, spp., that Pollinate Lowbush blueberry, Vaccinium spp., in Maine

8. Pollination Ecology of Lowbush Blueberry in Maine

9. Effects of Irrigation on Lowbush Blueberry Yield

10. Effect of Brief Warming Treatments on Late Winter Low-Temperature Tolerance of Native Lowbush Blueberry

11. Correlation of Late-winter/Early-spring Cold Hardiness with Date of Flowering

12. Evaluation of Cold Tolerance of Opening Flowers of Lowbush Blueberry

13. Influence of Flower Delaying Sprays on Seasonal Variation of Low Temperature Tolerance in Lowbush Blueberry

14. Effect of Various Levels of Disbudding on Yield of Lowbush Blueberry

15. Effect of Boron and the Polyamine Putrescine on Lowbush Blueberry Fruit Set and Yield

16. Effect of Boron and the Polyamine Putrescine on Extending the Receptivity of Lowbush Blueberry Blossoms

17. Effect of Soil pH on Nutrient Uptake

18. Correcting Boron Deficiency - missing

19. Phosphorus Uptake

20. Evaluation of Hexazinone Formulation on Soil Movement and Weed Control

21. Effect of Time of Fall Pruning on Growth and Productivity of Blueberries

22. Hexazinone Ground Water Survey

23. Effect of hexazinone formulation on movement through the soil profile

24. Evaluation of Tribenuron Methyl for Bunchberry Control

25. Evaluation of Tribenuron Methyl Commercial Applications for Bunchberry Control

26. Effectiveness of Resin-Exchange Columns to Determine Efficacy in Removing Hexazinone from Well Water

27. Effect of Clopyralid for Vetch Control

28. Evaluation of Tribenuron Methyl/Velpar® Tank Mix for Bunchberry Control

29. Blueberry Extension Education Program

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