Sustainable Production and Processing Research for Lowbush Specialty Crop, ME

David E. Yarborough, Principal Investigator; University of Maine, Orono
Vivian C. H. Wu, Co-Principal Investigator; University of Maine, Orono
Dorothy J. Klimis-Zacas, Co-Principal Investigator; University of Maine, Orono
Francis A. Drummond, Co-Principal Investigator; University of Maine, Orono
Judith A. Collins, Co-Principal Investigator; University of Maine, Orono
Seanna L. Annis, Co-Principal Investigator; University of Maine, Orono
John M. Smagula, Co-Principal Investigator; University of Maine, Orono

Research Assistant

Kristen McGovern
Jennifer D’Appollonio
Ilse Wind Fastook

Abstract

REPORT CONTENTS

FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION

1. Utilizing wild bluebenies to protect human health against bacterial infection and food poisoning
2. Microbial control of wild blueberries
3. Mechanisms through which wild blueberries affect functional characteristics of the arterial wall related to endothelial dysfunction in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats
4. Do wild blueberries affect high blood lipids, high blood glucose and obesity as related to the Metabolic Syndrome?

ENTOMOLOGY

5. Control Tactics for Blueberry Pest Insects, 2010
6. Insect Pest Management Strategies, 2010
7. Biology and Ecology of Pest Insects, 2010
8. Biology and Ecology o f Beneficial Insects, 2010
9. Pesticide Residues on Lowbush Blueberry, 2010

DISEASE MANAGEMENT

10. Maine wild blueberry fungicide evaluation trials 2010-2011
11. Control of Valdensinia and Septoria Leaf Spot 2010-2011
12. Valdensinia leaf spot - Education, Control and Research - 2010-2011

PLANT NUTRITION

13. Effect of Soil pH on Nutrient Uptake
14. Evaluation of the Effects of Gypsum (CaSO4) on Wild Blueberry Fruit Ca Concentration
15. Stimulating plant recovery from land-leveling field disturbance using plant growth regulators
16. Interactive effects of weed pressure, fertility and fungicide treatment on severity of mummy berry blight on lowbush blueberries

WEED MANAGEMENT

17. Fall application of tribenuron methyl for bunchberry control in wild blueberries, 2009-2010 - effects of fall versus spring pruning on cover in the non-crop year

EXTENSION

18. Wild Blueberry Extension Education Program in 2010