Table 3.
List of northern and southern blueberry cultivars and cross derivatives used in the present work.
| Category | Genotype | Accession a | Ploidy | Taxon | Pedigree | Improvement Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tetraploid northern highbush (23) b | Elizabeth | 4× | Vc | (Katharine × Jersey) × Scammel | ||
| Bonus | PI 666839 | 4× | Vc | |||
| Nelson | PI 618100 | 4× | Vc | Bluecrop × G-107 | Cultivar | |
| Aurora | 4× | Vc | Brigitta Blue × Elliott | |||
| Pioneer | PI 554815 | 4× | Vc | Brooks × Sooy | Cultivar | |
| Rubel | PI 554817 | 4× | Vc | Selection from wild V. corymbosum in NJ selected from the pine barrens of NJ | Cultivar | |
| Bluejay | PI 554846 | 4× | Vc | Berkeley × Michigan Highbush Sel. 241 (Pioneer × Taylor) | Cultivar | |
| Chandler | PI 657260 | 4× | Vc | Darrow × M-23 | Cultivar | |
| Darrow | PI 618035 | 4× | Vc | F 72 × Bluecrop | Cultivar | |
| Jersey | PI 554897 | 4× | Vc | Rubel × Grover | Cultivar | |
| Northcountry | PI 554953 | 4× | Vc × Va | B6 (G65 × ‘Ashworth’ V. corymbosum) × R2P4 (open pollinated V. corymbosum × V. angustifolium hybrid) | Cultivar | |
| Patriot | PI 554843 | 4× | Vc | US 3 (Dixi × Mich LB-1) × Earliblue | Cultivar | |
| Chanticleer | PI 638765 | 4× | Vc | G-180 × MEUS 6620 | Cultivar | |
| Pink Lemonade | PI 641330 | 4× | Vc | NJ89-158-1 × Delite (V. ashei) | Cultivar | |
| Sweetheart | 4× | Vc | Cultivar | |||
| Herbert | PI 554805 | 4× | Vc | Stanley (Katharine × Rubel) × GS-149 (Jersey × Pioneer) | Cultivar | |
| G-751 | 4× | Vc | Wild material | |||
| Hannah’s Choice | PI 657259 | 4× | Vc | G-136 × G-358 | Cultivar | |
| Bluecrop | PI 554885 | 4× | Vc | GM-37 (Jersey × Pioneer) × CU-5 (Stanley × June) | Cultivar | |
| Duke | PI 554872 | 4× | Vc | G-100 (Ivanhoe × Earliblue) × 192-8 (E-30 × E-11) | Cultivar | |
| Rancocas | PI 554816 | 4× | Vc | 394Y (Brooks × Russell) × Rubel | Cultivar | |
| Honey Creek | 4× | Vc | ||||
| Blueray | PI 554887 | 4× | Vc | (Jersey × Pioneer) × (Stanley × June) | ||
| Tetraploid southern highbush (9) | Biloxi | PI 618193 | 4× | Vc | Sharpblue × US 329 [US210 (US67 × US132) × FL 4-76 (Bluecrop × 13-236)] | Cultivar |
| Sharpblue | PI 554948 | 4× | Vc | V. corymbosum × V. ashei & V. darrowii (Fla 61-5 × Fla 62-4) tetraploid | Cultivar | |
| Colibri | 4× | Vc | ||||
| New Hanover | 4× | Vc | ||||
| Sunshine blue | PI 555316 | Vc × Va | Avonblue OP | |||
| Misty | PI 555317 | 4× | Vc | Florida 67-I × Avonblue | ||
| Jubilee | PI 618195 | 4× | Vc | Sharpblue × MS60 [(Ashworth × Earliblue] × Bluecrop) × US-75] | Cultivar | |
| O’Neal | PI 554944 | 4× | Vc | Wolcott x Fla. 4-15 mainly V. corymbosum, some V. angustifolium, V. ashei, V. darrowii | Cultivar | |
| Legacy | PI 618164 | 4× | Vc | Elizabeth × (Fla. 4B × Bluecrop) | Cultivar | |
| Vaccinium elliottii (1) | Elliottii | PI 657176 | 2× | Ve | Wild material | |
| Vaccinium darrowii (2) | NJ88-12-41 | 2× | Vd | Wild material | ||
| NJ88-14-3 | 2× | Vd | Wild material | |||
| Vaccinium corymbosum (2) | NJOPB-8 | 2× | Vc | Wild material | ||
| NJOPB-15 | 2× | Vc | Wild material | |||
| F1 (2) | BNJ05-237-8 | Vc × Vd | Cross derivative | |||
| BNJ05-218-9 | Vd × Vc | Cross derivative | ||||
| F2 (60) | BNJ16-5 population | Cross derivatives |
Vc, Vaccinium corymbosum; Vd, Vaccinium darrowii; Va, Vaccinium angustifolium; Ve, Vaccinium elliottii. a The accession numbers are taken from United States Department of Agriculture Germplasm Resource Information Network (USDA-GRIN) database (https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/search). b The number in the parenthesis indicates the total number of genotypes in the respective category/species.