Duke blueberry

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Vaccinium corymbosum 'Duke'
Species Vaccinium corymbosum
Cultivar 'Duke'
Breeder USDA
OriginBeltsville, Maryland

The Duke blueberry, also known as Vaccinium 'Duke', is a cultivar of northern highbush blueberry released in 1987. It is a tetraploid cultivar, [1] derived mostly from Vaccinium corymbosum with a 4 percent contribution of Vaccinium angustifolium . [2] Its parentage includes the cultivars 'Ivanhoe' and 'Earliblue' [3]

It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Redpath, L.E.; Aryal, R.; Lynch, N.; Spencer, J.A.; Hulse-Kenp, A.M.; Ballington, J.R.; Green, J.; Bassil, N.; Hummer, K.; Ranney, T.; Ashrafi, H. (2022). "Nuclear DNA contents and ploidy levels of North American Vaccinium species and interspecific hybrids". Scientia Horticulturae. 297 110955. doi: 10.1016/j.scienta.2022.110955 . S2CID   246734767.
  2. ↑ Lobos, G.A.; Hancock, J.F. (2015). "Breeding blueberries for a changing global environment: a review". Front. Plant Sci. 6: 782. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00782 . PMC   4588112 . PMID   26483803.
  3. ↑ Boches, P.; Bassil, N.V.; Rowland, L. (2006). "Genetic Diversity in the Highbush Blueberry Evaluated with Microsatellite Markers". J. Am. Soc. Hort. Sci. 131 (5): 674–686. doi: 10.21273/JASHS.131.5.674 .
  4. ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Vaccinium corymbosum 'Duke'" . Retrieved 27 May 2022.
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