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Highbush blueberry culture is limited primarily to low pH coarse-textured soils high in organic matter. Lowbush blueberry species are used in U.S. breeding programs for the improvement of several characters including adaptation to a broader range of soil physical and chemical properties. The objective of this study was to determine the influence of various levels of lowbush ancestry on the mineral nutrition of progeny plants. The crosses had lowbush ancestry levels of 0%, 25%, 50%, and 100%. Recently matured leaves on 8-year-old plants were sampled during the middle of the fruiting season.
Significant differences in foliar composition were detected for many nutrients; however, leaf total N, P, Ca, Cu, and Mn appeared to show the strongest relationship to lowbush ancestry. High concentrations of these nutrients were associated with a higher percentage of lowbush ancestry. Except for leaf Mn. similar trends were also observed for the parental clones. Certain lowbush parents were also associated with high leaf levels of B. Magnesium, K, Zn, Fe and water-soluble NH4-N and NO3-N, showed no obvious relationship to lowbush background.
Published as Paper No. 14507, Journal Series, Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station.
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Rosen, C.J., Luby, J.J. (1987). Variation in foliar elemental composition in Vaccinium crosses. In: Gabelman, W.H., Loughman, B.C. (eds) Genetic Aspects of Plant Mineral Nutrition. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 27. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3581-5_4
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