Document Type
Report
Publisher
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station and Maine Cooperative Extension Service
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Publication Date
Winter 1987
Publisher location
Orono, ME
Abstract/ Summary
The 1986 edition of the Blueberry Advisory Committee Extension Reports was prepared for the Maine Blueberry Commission and the University of Maine Blueberry Advisory Committee by researchers with the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station and Maine Cooperative Extension Service at the University of Maine, Orono. Projects in this report include:
1. Fertility Levels
2. Insect and Disease Fact Sheets
3. Development of Insect ID Information for Growers
4. Effect of Pruning Practices an Blueberry Insect Abundance
5. Control of Blueberry Maggot (Alternatives to Guthion)
6. Economic Thresholds and Control of Secondary Blueberry Pests
7. Chemical Control of Mummyberry Disease
8. Chemical Control of Botrytis Bloom Blight
9. Effects of Late Summer Fungicide Applications
10. Mowing vs. Burning - Comparisons of Disease Incidence
11. Long-term Effects of N and NPK Fertilizer on Plant Growth and Yield
12. Effect of Several Mulches on Frost Heaving, Soil Moisture, Soil Temperature and Rhizome Development
13. Interaction of Fertility and Pruning Practices on Soil
14. Effect of Block Freezing on Physical Characterization and Sugar Migration on Lowbush Blueberries
15. Demonstration of the Rota-Cone Vacuum Drying Process on Lowbush Blueberries
16. Production of a Blueberry Gelatin
17. Isolation and Characterization of Blueberry Pectin
18. The Effect of pH, Chemicals and Holding time-temperature on the color of Blueberry Puree
19. Effect of Hexazinone on Species Distribution in Lowbush Blueberry Fields
20. Evaluation of Postemergent Herbicides for Grass Control
21. Evaluation of Sulfonyl urea and lmidazoline compounds for Bunchberry Control
22. Use of Mechanical wiper with glyphosate or dicamba for control of dogbane
23. Hand-wiper Applications of Herbicides on Woody Weeds
24. Dogbane Control with 2% Glyphosate
25. Low Volume Solution of Asulam for Bracken Fern Control
26. Integrated Weed Management
27. 1986 Annual Report to the Maine Lowbush Blueberry Commission
Repository Citation
DeGomez, Tom; Lambert, Dave; Forsythe, Dutch; Dill, Jim; Collins, Judith A.; Forsythe, H Y. Jr; Wright, W A.; Smagula, John M.; McLaughlin, Edward J.; Goltz, Mike; Risser, Jeff; Yang, Tom CS; Benner, Linda C.; Phillips, Robert; Ismail, Amr A.; Yamany, Ali M.; Sultan, Mohammed; Yarborough, David E.; and Trevett, Moody F., "Blueberry Advisory Committee Extension Report" (1987). Wild Blueberry Research Reports. 33.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/blueberry_resreports/33
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