Hybridization of two diploid Vaccinium section Cyanococcus species with diploid Vaccinium arboreum in section Batodendron

Euphytica ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 171 (2) ◽  
pp. 263-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dario J. Chavez ◽  
Paul M. Lyrene
Keyword(s):  
Vaccinium Section Cyanococcus ◽  
Vaccinium Arboreum

scholarly journals Derivatives of Vaccinium arboreum × Vaccinium Section Cyanococcus: I. Morphological Characteristics

1998 ◽  
Vol 123 (2) ◽  
pp. 273-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia J. Brooks ◽  
Paul M. Lyrene
Keyword(s):  
Seed Mass ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Fruit Characteristics ◽  
Hybrid Plants ◽  
Field Identification ◽  
Length Width ◽  
Peduncle Length ◽  
Derivatives Of ◽  
Vaccinium Section Cyanococcus ◽  
Vaccinium Arboreum

Morphological characteristics of many derivatives from Vaccinium arboreum Marsh × Vaccinium section Cyanococcus crosses were studied. The purpose of the study was to determine if V. arboreum traits were being inherited and expressed in hybrid progeny and to identify characteristics that would enable hybrid field identification. This study focused on the F1 hybrids of V. darrowi Camp × V. arboreum (F1 hybrids) and the open-pollinated progeny of the F1 hybrids [mother is known (MIK)]. Also included in the study were the parents: V. darrowi, V. arboreum, and V. corymbosum L. (pollen parent of the MIKs). Many leaf, flower, and fruit characteristics were measured for all five taxa. Leaf characteristics included length, width, and presence or absence of stalked glands, pubescence, and marginal bump glands. The floral characteristics measured were corolla length and width, corolla aperture, pedicel length, peduncle length, bracteole length and width, and the presence or absence of anther awns and bracteoles. Berry and seed mass were the fruit characteristics investigated. Four unique V. arboreum traits were found to be expressed in the F1 and MIK hybrid populations. These were the presence of anther awns, large seed size, bracteole shape, and marginal glands. These traits should permit field identification of hybrid plants.

scholarly journals Level of Self- and Cross-fertility of Derivatives of Vaccinium arboreum × Vaccinium Section Cyanococcus Hybrids

HortScience ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 1066-1068 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia J. Brooks ◽  
Paul M. Lyrene
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Set ◽  
Highbush Blueberry ◽  
High Fertility ◽  
Open Pollination ◽  
Berry Quality ◽  
Southern Highbush ◽  
Derivatives Of ◽  
Vaccinium Section Cyanococcus ◽  
Vaccinium Arboreum

The extent of self-fertility and self-fruitfulness was studied in Vaccinium arboreum Marsh, V. darrowi Camp, and in seedlings, termed MIKs, from open-pollination of V. darrowi (section Cyanococcus) × V. arboreum (section Batodendron) F1 hybrids. The open pollinations that produced the MIKs occurred in a field containing tetraploid southern highbush selections (based largely on V. corymbosum L.), and the pollen parents of the MIKs are believed to be southern highbush selections. The MIKs that were studied had been selected for high fruit set after open pollination in the field. Both V. arboreum and V. darrowi exhibited very low self-fruitfulness and self-fertility when hand-pollinated in a greenhouse; the former produced no seedlings from more than 600 selfed flowers, and the latter produced only 13. By contrast, southern highbush clones averaged 70 seedlings per 100 pollinated flowers when selfed and 230 when crossed. Self-fertility and self-fruitfulness of the MIKs were higher than those of V. arboreum and V. darrowi but lower than those of southern highbush selections. MIK × MIK crosses gave fewer seedlings per 100 pollinated flowers (84) than highbush × highbush crosses (230), probably reflecting their hybrid ancestry. Although introduction of V. arboreum genes into southern highbush blueberry gives plants of excellent vigor and adaptation to north Florida, several generations of breeding will be needed to obtain cultivars with high fertility and berry quality.

scholarly journals The origin of polyploids via 2n gametes in Vaccinium section Cyanococcus

Euphytica ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodomiro Ortiz ◽  
Leo P. Bruederle ◽  
Timothy Laverty ◽  
Nicholi Vorsa
Keyword(s):  
2N Gametes ◽  
Origin Of Polyploids ◽  
Vaccinium Section Cyanococcus

Seasonal Response of Woody Plants to Tebuthiuron Pellets

Weed Science ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 551-554 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodney W. Bovey ◽  
Robert E. Meyer ◽  
L. Fred Bouse ◽  
James B. Carlton
Keyword(s):  
Woody Plants ◽  
Gulf Coast ◽  
Plant Cover ◽  
Herbaceous Plant ◽  
Quercus Virginiana ◽  
Live Oak ◽  
Post Oak ◽  
Ilex Vomitoria ◽  
Ulmus Alata ◽  
Vaccinium Arboreum

Pelleted tebuthiuron {N-[5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl]-N,N′-dimethylurea} was hand broadcast at 2.2 and 4.5 kg ai/ha every month for 2 yr on an area infested with live oak (Quercus virginianaMill. ♯4QUEVI), post oak (Q. stellataWangenh. ♯ QUESL), parsley hawthorn (Crataegus marshalliiEgglest. ♯ CSCMS), and yaupon (Ilex vomitoriaAit. ♯ ILEVO) on the Gulf Coast Prairie near Cordele, TX. Live oak, post oak, and parsley hawthorn trees were killed at most rates and dates of tebuthiuron application. Applications of 2.2 kg/ha of tebuthiuron killed 90% or more of the yaupon plants when it was applied in October and December 1975 and February, March, and June 1976 and less than 90% when applied at other dates. On another site, pelleted tebuthiuron was aerially applied at 2.2 and 4.5 kg/ha every 3 months during 1978 and 1979 in the Post Oak Savannah near Bryan, TX. At 2.2 kg/ha, tebuthiuron killed all post oak and 80% or more of the blackjack oak (Q. marilandicaMuechh.), yaupon, winged elm (Ulmus alataMichx. ♯ ULMAL), and mockernut hickory (Carya tomentosaNutt.) regardless of date treated. Tree huckleberry (Vaccinium arboreumMarsh.) killed by tebuthiuron when applied at 2.2 kg/ha ranged from 34% in July 1979 to 69% from application in February 1978. Application of 4.5 kg/ha of tebuthiuron killed 83% or more of the tree huckleberry when it was applied in January and April 1978 and January, April, July, and October 1979. Herbaceous plant cover usually increased by the second season.

scholarly journals SPARKLEBERRY × BLUEBERRY CROSSES

HortScience ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 1168c-1168
Author(s):  
Paul Lyrene
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Set ◽  
Low Fertility ◽  
Open Pollination ◽  
Field Nursery ◽  
Vaccinium Section Cyanococcus

Diploid blueberry (Vaccinium section Cyanococcus) was pollinated in a greenhouse in 1981 with pollen from sparkleberry (V. arboreum, Section Batodendron). Cyanococcus parents included V. darrowi, diploid V. corymbosum, and various intra-sectional diploid hybrids. Forty one vigorous seedlings showing characteristics of both sections were selected from a field nursery when 2 ½ years old. Some of these plants flowered heavily in subsequent years, and several were more than 3 m tall by 1990. Although the F1 hybrids had very low fertility, some open-pollinated progeny were obtained. Some of these were vigorous, fruitful when open-pollinated in the field, and intermediate between V. arboreum and Cyanococcus in many features. Six of the best progeny from open-pollination of the F1's were used in greenhouse crosses. Some branches were self-pollinated and some were pollinated with pollen from tetraploid V. corymbosum -based cultivars. Two of the 3 selfed plants had a high percent fruit set (277 fruit from 441 flowers). Four of the six plants pollinated with pollen from tetraploid V. corymbosum cultivars had high percent fruit set (452 fruit from 793 flowers). Flowers of the open-pollinated progeny of the F1 hybrids were much larger than those of the F1 `s. This, along with the fruitfulness after 4× pollination, suggests that at least some of the open-pollinated progeny are tetraploid. These hybrids give hope that sparkleberry genes can be used to improve highbush cultivars.

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