ARS Research Labs Studying Blueberry

• Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Genetic Improvement for Fruits & Vegetables Laboratory

12 Research Projects Studying Blueberry

• Accelerating blueberry and cranberry improvement by exploiting germplasm resources and multi-omics technologies (Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Genetic Improvement for Fruits & Vegetables Laboratory)
• Effects of insect herbivory in blueberry and transmission of false blossom disease in cranberry (Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Genetic Improvement for Fruits & Vegetables Laboratory)
• Propolis reduces efb and varroa infestation in honey bees used for blueberry pollination (Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics, and Physiology Research)
• Assessing and managing blueberry scorch virus in washington and oregon (Horticultural Crops Disease and Pest Management Research)
• Blue-dynamo: an interactive platform to deliver blueberry disease and horticultural management strategies for fruit rots (Horticultural Crops Disease and Pest Management Research)
• Protecting the blueberry industry by developing and implementing rt-qpcr tests for blueberry shock and blueberry scorch virus (Horticultural Crops Disease and Pest Management Research)
• Beat the heat: protecting blueberry pollination during extreme heat events (Horticultural Crops Production and Genetic Improvement Research)
• Calcium application and its effect on yield and fruit quality of blueberry, raspberry, and blackberry (Horticultural Crops Production and Genetic Improvement Research)
• Calcium application and its effect on yield and fruit quality of blueberry, raspberry, and blackberry (Horticultural Crops Production and Genetic Improvement Research)
• Integrated weed management for washington state blueberry and grape production (Horticultural Crops Production and Genetic Improvement Research)
• Genetic improvement of blackberry, red and black raspberry, and blueberry (Horticultural Crops Production and Genetic Improvement Research)
• Are protective effects of blueberry polyphenols mediated by the microbiome (Western Human Nutrition Research Center: Obesity and Metabolism Research)