Characterization of Blueberries Fructification habits grown in the middle region of Pelotas/RS, Brazil

Authors

  • André Luiz Radünz Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul, Brasil
  • Lucas Celestino Scheunemann Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brasil
  • Daiane Pinheiro Kröning Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brasil
  • Flavio Gilberto Herter Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brasil
  • Edgar Ricardo Schöffel Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brasil
  • Lauri Lourenço Radunz Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul, Brasil
  • Clevison Luiz Giacobbo Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul, Brasil
  • Carlos Gustavo Raasch Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brasil

Keywords:

climax, bluegem, powderblue, small fruit, vaccinium spp

Abstract

The Blueberry tree is an exotic species in Brazil which has been inducted without any previous studies regarding its behavior to plantations conditions in the south of Brazil. In this way it was aimed to characterize the cultivar Climax behavior, Bluegem and Powderblue, from rabbiteye group, related to the differentiation of flowered gems in different sizes of branches, to different kinds of growing in the middle region of Pelotas, RS. The underlying experiment was completely made by chance, conducted under factorial scheme 2 vs 2 ( branch length vs year). The data collection data was made during two consecutive harvests, 2012/2013 and 2013/2014, in long branches and short. Under the branches were made counting of vegetates and flowered gems as well as their position in the branches and also evaluating the branch diameter from the bottle to the top, and its length. Regarding the level numbers of flower gems interspersed to vegetates, the cultivar Powderblue has tree levels, four to Bluegem and five to Climax. The greatest number of flowered gems was verified in the first level, 9.3 and 5.0 respectively, in long and short branches. The total number of flower gems was 10.27 gems to long branches and 6.33 to short branches.

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Published

2016-07-01

How to Cite

Radünz, A. L., Scheunemann, L. C., Kröning, D. P., Herter, F. G., Schöffel, E. R., Radunz, L. L., Giacobbo, C. L., & Raasch, C. G. (2016). Characterization of Blueberries Fructification habits grown in the middle region of Pelotas/RS, Brazil. Journal of the Agronomy College, 115(1), 83-90. https://revistas.unlp.edu.ar/revagro/article/view/20048

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