Document Type
Report
Publisher
The University of Maine
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Publication Date
Winter 1998
Publisher location
Orono, ME
Abstract/ Summary
The 1997 edition of the Wild Blueberry Progress 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. Investigation of processing damage of IQF blueberries
2. Use of sorter rejects and wild blueberry puree to prevent warmed over flavor in processed beef patties
3. Factors affecting the quality of IQF wild blueberries
4. Determination of pesticide residue levels in fresh and processed wild blueberries
5. Pollination ecology of wild blueberries in Maine
6. Control tactics for wild blueberry pest insects
7. IPM Strategies
8. Pest Biology
9. Effect of antidessication treatments on wild blueberry cold temperature tolerance
10. Phosphorus/nitrogen fertilizer ratio
11. Effect of boron application methods on boron uptake in wild blueberries
12. Effect of foliar zinc application on growth and yield of wild blueberries
13. Effect of soil pH on nutrient uptake
14. Crop year fertilization of wild blueberry
15. Effect of Photomag® on growth and yield of wild blueberries
16. Evaluation of Pronone MG® spot treatments for control of St. Johnswort, dogbane, bracken fern, witch grass/fall panicum and bunchberry
17. Effect of hexazinone formulation on movement through the soil profile
18. Effect of time of fall pruning on wild blueberry fruit set and yield
19. Effect of pre and postemergence herbicide applications on control of grasses
20. Hexazinone groundwater survey
21. Effect of plant source and density on spread of wild blueberry
22. Effect of surfactant and ammonium sulfate on glyphosate activity
23. Effect of crop year application of hexazinone on weed control, yield and hexazinone residue.
24. Long term effects of tribenuron methyl on wild blueberries and weed species composition
25. Effect of Velpar® DF/MAP on wild blueberry fruit set and yield.
26. Effect of reduced volume lmidan® 2.5 EC UL V applications on wild blueberry residue and efficacy
27. Wild blueberry extension education program
Repository Citation
Donahue, Darrell W.; Bushway, Alfred A.; Camire, Mary Ellen; Moore, Keith; Bushway, Rodney J.; Perkins, Brian; Drummond, Frank A.; Stubbs, Connie S.; Collins, Judith A.; Cappiello, Paul; Smagula, John M.; Dunham, Scott; Litten, Walter; Yarborough, David E.; Hess, Timothy M.; and Jemison, John, "1997 Wild Blueberry Progress Reports" (1998). Wild Blueberry Research Reports. 45.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/blueberry_resreports/45
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