Claim · model-written summary
Container production of SHB cultivars in a high tunnel advanced blueberry production by 4 to 5 weeks.
- Taxon
- southern highbush blueberriese0
- Treatment
- Container production of SHB cultivars in a high tunnele7
- Outcome
- blueberry productione7
- Direction
- advancede7
- Value
- 4 to 5 weekse7
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingQualifier
Verbatim
e0“Growing early-ripening southern highbush blueberries (SHBs) ( Vaccinium corymbosum L.)”
e7“Container production of SHB cultivars in a high tunnel produced total berry yield equivalent to 6458 kg/ha in 2016 to 7500 kg/ha in 2017, advanced blueberry production by 4 to 5 weeks”
Title
Container Production of Southern Highbush Blueberries Using High Tunnels
Tongyin Li; Guihong Bi HortScience 2019. doi:10.21273/hortsci13639-18
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Intervention effect The high tunnel raised monthly maximum temperature by 3.2 to 10.4 °C relative to the outdoor environment.
- Observation Total berry yield per plant ranged from 921 to 2136 g in 2016.
- Observation Total berry yield per plant ranged from 1222 to 2480 g in 2017.
- Intervention effect Conventional fertilizer increased berry yield in April and May and total berry yield in 2016, compared with organic fertilizer.
- Intervention effect Conventional fertilizer gave similar berry yield to organic fertilizer in 2017.
- Observation Eight cultivars produced single berries averaging more than 2 g per berry in 2016.
- Observation In 2017 only two cultivars (Gupton and Pearl) were compared for single berry size.
- Observation Sweetcrisp had higher soluble solid content, 14.2%, than the other nine cultivars in 2016.
- Observation Sweetcrisp had higher soluble solid content, 14.1%, than the other nine cultivars in 2017.
- Observation Container production of SHB cultivars in a high tunnel gave total berry yield of 6458 to 7500 kg/ha in 2016 and 2017.
- Observation First berry harvest in the high tunnel occurred in the first week of April in both seasons.