Vaccinium Genetics

The results of the research within soft fruit genetics are applied within commercially-funded breeding programmes, for the production of improved cultivars for the UK fruit industry.

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References

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• Petridis, A.; Van der Kaay, J.; Archibald, I.W.; McCallum, S.; Graham, J.; Hancock, R., (2021) Reflective mulch increases fruit yield of highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L. cv. Darrow) grown in a northern maritime environment while maintaining key fruit quality traits., Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 101, 3376-3385.

• Petridis, A.; van der Kaay, J.; Sungurtas, J.; Verrall, S.R.; McCallum, S.R.; Graham, J.; Hancock, R.D., (2020) Photosynthetic plasticity allows blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) plants to compensate for yield loss under conditions of high sink demand., Environmental and Experimental Botany, 174, Article No. 104031.

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