Abstract
Blueberries are in the family Ericaceae and the genus Vaccinium, section Cyanococcus. Vaccinium includes about 400 species, the majority of which are found on open mountain slopes in the tropics (Camp, 1945). Approximately 40% of the species are native to southeast Asia, 25% to North America, and 10% to Central and South America, with the rest scattered world-wide (Luby et al., 1991). Four species (V. angustifolium Ait., V. ashei Reade, V. corymbosum L., and V. darrowi Camp) have contributed most of the germplasm to current blueberry cultivars (Ballington, 1990). Highbush (V. corymbosum), lowbush (V. angustifolium), rabbiteye (V. ashei), and southern highbush (V. corymbosum interspecific hybrid) blueberries are grown commercially. More recently, half-high blueberry genotypes (V. corymbosum x V. angustifolium) have been developed that are similar in growth and fruiting characteristics to highbush blueberry, yet exhibit greater cold hardiness (Luby et al., 1986; Wildung and Sargent, 1989).
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Darnell, R.L. (2000). Blueberries. In: Erez, A. (eds) Temperate Fruit Crops in Warm Climates. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3215-4_16
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