This book brings together scientific and cultural information on the history, breeding, cultivar descriptions, growing, weed control, wildlife management, harvesting, handling, marketing, and international development of rabbiteye blueberries. It covers plant characteristics, including a system to identify cultivars by DNA fingerprinting and berry characteristics with the nutrition of rabbiteye blueberries. Also, covers progagtion techniques, diseases and insects that are found with rabbiteye blueberries, frost protection systems, packing shed with rabbiteye blueberries, frost protection systems, packing shed handling for fresh market, freezing, explosion puffing, and various types of marketing methods including transportation.
160 pages, illustrated, photos
Publication Details
- Published: 1994
- Publisher: Agscience
- ISBN-10: 096313972
- Dewey Decimal: 634
- ECHO Library: 634 AUS