Vaccinium angustifolium 2,043 claims

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Common name: lowbush blueberry — Also written in claims: lowbush blueberry · lowbush blueberries · Wild Blueberry · cultivated lowbush blueberry · wild blueberries · Low-bush Blueberry

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Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Lowbush blueberries resprouted from belowground stems after severe drought.

Taxon: lowbush blueberriesVaccinium angustifoliume0
Outcome: resprouted from belowground stemse0
Qualifier: severe drought stress with 100 % loss of xylem hydraulic conductivity and total branch diebacke0

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“lowbush blueberries resprouted from belowground stems while highbush blueberries generated new branches from the basal stem, even following severe drought stress with 100 % loss of xylem hydraulic conductivity and total branch dieback”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1194–1428

Title

Drought response strategies of blueberry shrubs: Stomatal regulation, xylem embolism, and leaf dropping protect remaining tissues for resprouting

Pratima Pahadi; Uri Hochberg; Jay Wason; et al. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 2026. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2026.111068

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Observation Conductance, photosynthesis and transpiration declined before turgor loss.
Observation Phytochemistry progressively declined beyond the turgor loss point.
Observation Xylem embolism increased beyond the turgor loss point.
Observation Leaves browned and shed beyond the turgor loss point.
Observation Highbush blueberries formed new branches from the basal stem after severe drought.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Placing bumble bee hives against a windbreak gave the highest numbers of bees entering hives with pollen, +156%.

Taxon: lowbush blueberriesVaccinium angustifoliume0
Treatment: Placing bumble bee hives against a windbreake1
Interactor: Bombus impatiensBombus impatiense0pollinator
Outcome: bees entering hives with pollene1
Direction: highest numberse1
Value: +156%e1

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“Common eastern bumble bees (Bombus impatiens Cresson) play an essential role in pollinating lowbush blueberries (LB) in northern Quebec”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–135

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“Placing bumble bee hives against a windbreak resulted in the highest numbers of bees entering hives with pollen (+156%)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 749–868

Title

Hive Insulation Increases Foraging Activities of Bumble Bees (Bombus impatiens) in a Wild Blueberry Field in Quebec, Canada

Maxime C. Paré; Nasimeh Mortazavi; Jean-Denis Brassard; et al. Agronomy 2025. doi:10.3390/agronomy15030562

Other claims from this paper (5)

Intervention effect Placing bumble bee hives against a windbreak increased bees leaving hives by 69%.
Intervention effect Placing bumble bee hives against a windbreak increased overall hive traffic by 76%.
Intervention effect Insulating hives with extruded polystyrene foam increased foraging activity by 105% compared with the conventional management method.
Intervention effect Placing hives on seedling mats to keep colonies above 15 °C tended to decrease foraging activity and overall hive traffic.
Intervention effect Conventional placement of hives in full sun without insulation gave the lowest bumble bee foraging activity and overall hive traffic.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Placing bumble bee hives against a windbreak increased bees leaving hives by 69%.

Taxon: lowbush blueberriesVaccinium angustifoliume0
Treatment: Placing bumble bee hives against a windbreake1
Interactor: Bombus impatiensBombus impatiense0pollinator
Outcome: leaving hivese2
Direction: higherinferrede2
Value: +69%e2

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“Common eastern bumble bees (Bombus impatiens Cresson) play an essential role in pollinating lowbush blueberries (LB) in northern Quebec”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–135

e1
“Placing bumble bee hives against a windbreak resulted in the highest numbers of bees entering hives with pollen (+156%)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 749–868

e2
“resulted in the highest numbers of bees entering hives with pollen (+156%), leaving hives (+69%), and overall hive traffic (+76%)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 794–923

Title

Hive Insulation Increases Foraging Activities of Bumble Bees (Bombus impatiens) in a Wild Blueberry Field in Quebec, Canada

Maxime C. Paré; Nasimeh Mortazavi; Jean-Denis Brassard; et al. Agronomy 2025. doi:10.3390/agronomy15030562

Other claims from this paper (5)

Intervention effect Placing bumble bee hives against a windbreak gave the highest numbers of bees entering hives with pollen, +156%.
Intervention effect Placing bumble bee hives against a windbreak increased overall hive traffic by 76%.
Intervention effect Insulating hives with extruded polystyrene foam increased foraging activity by 105% compared with the conventional management method.
Intervention effect Placing hives on seedling mats to keep colonies above 15 °C tended to decrease foraging activity and overall hive traffic.
Intervention effect Conventional placement of hives in full sun without insulation gave the lowest bumble bee foraging activity and overall hive traffic.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Placing bumble bee hives against a windbreak increased overall hive traffic by 76%.

Taxon: lowbush blueberriesVaccinium angustifoliume0
Treatment: Placing bumble bee hives against a windbreake1
Interactor: Bombus impatiensBombus impatiense0pollinator
Outcome: overall hive traffice2
Direction: higherinferrede2
Value: +76%e2

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e0
“Common eastern bumble bees (Bombus impatiens Cresson) play an essential role in pollinating lowbush blueberries (LB) in northern Quebec”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–135

e1
“Placing bumble bee hives against a windbreak resulted in the highest numbers of bees entering hives with pollen (+156%)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 749–868

e2
“resulted in the highest numbers of bees entering hives with pollen (+156%), leaving hives (+69%), and overall hive traffic (+76%)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 794–923

Title

Hive Insulation Increases Foraging Activities of Bumble Bees (Bombus impatiens) in a Wild Blueberry Field in Quebec, Canada

Maxime C. Paré; Nasimeh Mortazavi; Jean-Denis Brassard; et al. Agronomy 2025. doi:10.3390/agronomy15030562

Other claims from this paper (5)

Intervention effect Placing bumble bee hives against a windbreak gave the highest numbers of bees entering hives with pollen, +156%.
Intervention effect Placing bumble bee hives against a windbreak increased bees leaving hives by 69%.
Intervention effect Insulating hives with extruded polystyrene foam increased foraging activity by 105% compared with the conventional management method.
Intervention effect Placing hives on seedling mats to keep colonies above 15 °C tended to decrease foraging activity and overall hive traffic.
Intervention effect Conventional placement of hives in full sun without insulation gave the lowest bumble bee foraging activity and overall hive traffic.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Insulating hives with extruded polystyrene foam increased foraging activity by 105% compared with the conventional management method.

Taxon: lowbush blueberriesVaccinium angustifoliume0
Treatment: Insulating hives with extruded polystyrene foame3
Interactor: Bombus impatiensBombus impatiense0pollinator
Outcome: foraging activitye3
Direction: increasee3
Value: 105%e3
Comparator: conventional management methode3

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e0
“Common eastern bumble bees (Bombus impatiens Cresson) play an essential role in pollinating lowbush blueberries (LB) in northern Quebec”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–135

e3
“Insulating hives with extruded polystyrene foam gave intermediate results, with a 105% increase in foraging activity compared to the conventional management method”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 925–1088

Title

Hive Insulation Increases Foraging Activities of Bumble Bees (Bombus impatiens) in a Wild Blueberry Field in Quebec, Canada

Maxime C. Paré; Nasimeh Mortazavi; Jean-Denis Brassard; et al. Agronomy 2025. doi:10.3390/agronomy15030562

Other claims from this paper (5)

Intervention effect Placing bumble bee hives against a windbreak gave the highest numbers of bees entering hives with pollen, +156%.
Intervention effect Placing bumble bee hives against a windbreak increased bees leaving hives by 69%.
Intervention effect Placing bumble bee hives against a windbreak increased overall hive traffic by 76%.
Intervention effect Placing hives on seedling mats to keep colonies above 15 °C tended to decrease foraging activity and overall hive traffic.
Intervention effect Conventional placement of hives in full sun without insulation gave the lowest bumble bee foraging activity and overall hive traffic.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Placing hives on seedling mats to keep colonies above 15 °C tended to decrease foraging activity and overall hive traffic.

Taxon: lowbush blueberriesVaccinium angustifoliume0
Treatment: placing hives on seedling matse6
Interactor: Bombus impatiensBombus impatiense0pollinator
Outcome: foraging activitye6
Direction: tended to decreasee6

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e0
“Common eastern bumble bees (Bombus impatiens Cresson) play an essential role in pollinating lowbush blueberries (LB) in northern Quebec”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–135

e6
“placing hives on seedling mats to maintain colony temperatures above 15 °C (H+) tended to decrease foraging activity and overall hive traffic”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1112–1253

Title

Hive Insulation Increases Foraging Activities of Bumble Bees (Bombus impatiens) in a Wild Blueberry Field in Quebec, Canada

Maxime C. Paré; Nasimeh Mortazavi; Jean-Denis Brassard; et al. Agronomy 2025. doi:10.3390/agronomy15030562

Other claims from this paper (5)

Intervention effect Placing bumble bee hives against a windbreak gave the highest numbers of bees entering hives with pollen, +156%.
Intervention effect Placing bumble bee hives against a windbreak increased bees leaving hives by 69%.
Intervention effect Placing bumble bee hives against a windbreak increased overall hive traffic by 76%.
Intervention effect Insulating hives with extruded polystyrene foam increased foraging activity by 105% compared with the conventional management method.
Intervention effect Conventional placement of hives in full sun without insulation gave the lowest bumble bee foraging activity and overall hive traffic.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Conventional placement of hives in full sun without insulation gave the lowest bumble bee foraging activity and overall hive traffic.

Taxon: lowbush blueberriesVaccinium angustifoliume0
Treatment: placing hives in full sun without insulatione4
Interactor: Bombus impatiensBombus impatiense0pollinator
Outcome: bumble bee foraging activitye5
Direction: lowest levelse5

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e0
“Common eastern bumble bees (Bombus impatiens Cresson) play an essential role in pollinating lowbush blueberries (LB) in northern Quebec”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–135

e4
“the conventional management of placing hives in full sun without insulation”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 580–655

e5
“resulted in the lowest levels of bumble bee foraging activity and overall hive traffic”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 661–747

Title

Hive Insulation Increases Foraging Activities of Bumble Bees (Bombus impatiens) in a Wild Blueberry Field in Quebec, Canada

Maxime C. Paré; Nasimeh Mortazavi; Jean-Denis Brassard; et al. Agronomy 2025. doi:10.3390/agronomy15030562

Other claims from this paper (5)

Intervention effect Placing bumble bee hives against a windbreak gave the highest numbers of bees entering hives with pollen, +156%.
Intervention effect Placing bumble bee hives against a windbreak increased bees leaving hives by 69%.
Intervention effect Placing bumble bee hives against a windbreak increased overall hive traffic by 76%.
Intervention effect Insulating hives with extruded polystyrene foam increased foraging activity by 105% compared with the conventional management method.
Intervention effect Placing hives on seedling mats to keep colonies above 15 °C tended to decrease foraging activity and overall hive traffic.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Clethodim reduced hair fescue flower tuft density in 6 of 9 non-bearing year populations.

Taxon: lowbush blueberryVaccinium angustifoliumt0
Treatment: Clethodim (91 g a.i. ha-1)e0
Interactor: hair fescuee0weed
Outcome: hair fescue flower tuft densitye0
Direction: reducede0
Value: 6 of 9e0

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“Clethodim (91 g a.i. ha-1) reduced hair fescue flower tuft density and tuft inflorescence number in 6 of 9 and 7 of 9 non-bearing year hair fescue populations, respectively”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 953–1125

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“lowbush blueberry”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 77–94

Title

Confirmation of hair fescue (Festuca filiformis) suppression by clethodim in lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium)

Tyler MacLean; Andrew McKenzie-Gopsill; Travis J Esau; et al. Canadian Journal of Plant Science 2025. doi:10.1139/cjps-2025-0040

Other claims from this paper (5)

Intervention effect Clethodim reduced hair fescue tuft inflorescence number in 7 of 9 non-bearing year populations.
Intervention effect Clethodim reduced hair fescue leaf number and biomass across 15 populations in a greenhouse.
Intervention effect Clethodim reduced flower tuft density and inflorescence number in five bearing year hair fescue populations.
Observation A dose response experiment indicated that 91 g clethodim per hectare adequately suppresses hair fescue.
Recommendation The authors recommend clethodim for hair fescue suppression in Canadian lowbush blueberry.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Clethodim reduced hair fescue tuft inflorescence number in 7 of 9 non-bearing year populations.

Taxon: lowbush blueberryVaccinium angustifoliumt0
Treatment: Clethodim (91 g a.i. ha-1)e0
Interactor: hair fescuee0weed
Outcome: tuft inflorescence numbere0
Direction: reducede0
Value: 7 of 9e0

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e0
“Clethodim (91 g a.i. ha-1) reduced hair fescue flower tuft density and tuft inflorescence number in 6 of 9 and 7 of 9 non-bearing year hair fescue populations, respectively”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 953–1125

t0
“lowbush blueberry”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 77–94

Title

Confirmation of hair fescue (Festuca filiformis) suppression by clethodim in lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium)

Tyler MacLean; Andrew McKenzie-Gopsill; Travis J Esau; et al. Canadian Journal of Plant Science 2025. doi:10.1139/cjps-2025-0040

Other claims from this paper (5)

Intervention effect Clethodim reduced hair fescue flower tuft density in 6 of 9 non-bearing year populations.
Intervention effect Clethodim reduced hair fescue leaf number and biomass across 15 populations in a greenhouse.
Intervention effect Clethodim reduced flower tuft density and inflorescence number in five bearing year hair fescue populations.
Observation A dose response experiment indicated that 91 g clethodim per hectare adequately suppresses hair fescue.
Recommendation The authors recommend clethodim for hair fescue suppression in Canadian lowbush blueberry.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Clethodim reduced hair fescue leaf number and biomass across 15 populations in a greenhouse.

Taxon: lowbush blueberryVaccinium angustifoliumt0
Interactor: hair fescuee0weed
Outcome: leaf number and biomass of 15 hair fescue populationse0
Direction: reducede0
Setting: greenhousee0

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e0
“reduced leaf number and biomass of 15 hair fescue populations in a greenhouse experiment”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1131–1219

t0
“lowbush blueberry”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 77–94

Title

Confirmation of hair fescue (Festuca filiformis) suppression by clethodim in lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium)

Tyler MacLean; Andrew McKenzie-Gopsill; Travis J Esau; et al. Canadian Journal of Plant Science 2025. doi:10.1139/cjps-2025-0040

Other claims from this paper (5)

Intervention effect Clethodim reduced hair fescue flower tuft density in 6 of 9 non-bearing year populations.
Intervention effect Clethodim reduced hair fescue tuft inflorescence number in 7 of 9 non-bearing year populations.
Intervention effect Clethodim reduced flower tuft density and inflorescence number in five bearing year hair fescue populations.
Observation A dose response experiment indicated that 91 g clethodim per hectare adequately suppresses hair fescue.
Recommendation The authors recommend clethodim for hair fescue suppression in Canadian lowbush blueberry.