Details for: PI 554702, Vaccinium virgatum Aiton, 'Briteblue'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium virgatum Aiton
Cultivar:
'Briteblue'
Origin:
Developed – Georgia, United States
Received by NPGS:
26 May 1983
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium virgatum Aiton
Cultivar:
'Briteblue'
Origin:
Developed – Georgia, United States
Received by NPGS:
26 May 1983
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
1969.
Georgia, United States
Comment: Cultivar introduced in 1969
Developer(s):
Donated
26 May 1983.
Georgia, United States
Comment: Received from Max Austin in Georgia to NCGR-Corvallis
Donor(s):
Accession Group(s)
Group name: VACCINIUM: Rabbiteye blueberries
Note: Blueberries mostly composted of Vaccinium virgatum formerly known as V. ashei blueberry cultivars. Hexaploid.
To search for accessions in this group, click the following link. VACCINIUM: Rabbiteye blueberries

Accession Names and Identifiers
'Briteblue'
Type: Cultivar name
Group: RABBITEYE
W. T. Brightwell and G. M Darrow cultivar release
Darrow, George M. USDA-ARS, Plant Industry Station

T-71
Type: Developer identifier
Group: OTHERNUM
other identifier

CVAC 237
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number

Narrative
Fruit: large; skin light blue; flavor fair; very firm, handling well for distant marketing; ripens later than Tifblue. Bush: open-headed and spreading; produces only enough new canes from the crown for renewal of the top. Adapted to the Gulf Coast and southeastern U. S. Adapted to Gulf Coast and Southeastern United States. Fruit large, bright blue, very firm, fair flavo. Received as Vaccinium ashei. Briteblue (mid to late season) was released from Georgia in 1969 from a cross of 'Ethel x 'Callaway' (Brightwell 1969). The plant is moderately vigorous and spreading with a medium crown (2 ft). As with one of its parents, 'Callaway' , plants grow slow the first few years, and the growth habit in 20 years has not required heavy pruning. Its rate of flower bud development avoids early spring frost. Its chilling requirement is about 600 hours below 45 degrees F. ( Austin and Mullinix 1984). Anthesis to 50% ripe fruit is 96 days. Berries are very firm with a waxy bloom giving the berries a light blue color. Berries are large, especially early in the harvest season. Flavor is very tart until fully ripe. Berries should not be harvested until the red color has disappeared from around the stem end. The season of ripening is generally with or after 'Tifblue'. Berries are easily hand picked because they grow in clusters. Mature berries have a long retention on the plant. The firmness, heavy bloom, and dry scar combine to make this excellent for shipping. Some growers machine harvest these berries for the fresh market with minimum loss. Berries are more seedy than many of the blueberry cultivars. They average 110 seeds per berry.

W. T. Brightwell and G. M Darrow cultivar release

Cultivar Synonym= Tested as T-71

NAMED FOR= bright blue color of the fruit; also for W. T. Brightwell
Vaccinium virgatum Aiton
Genus:
Vaccinium
Section:
Cyanococcus
Family:
Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Vaccinioideae
Tribe:
Vaccinieae
Nomen number:

41068
Place of publication:

Hort. kew. 2:12. 1789
Verified:
06/10/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Vaccinium amoenum Aiton

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishrabbit-eye blueberry  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishsouthern black blueberry  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Englishswamp blueberry  1Weakley, A. S. 2011. Flora of the southern and middle Atlantic states.
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 10 Jun 1992, from Vaccinium ashei J. M. Reade to Vaccinium virgatum Aiton
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Pathogens
Elisa test
  • Blueberry Scorch Carlavirus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 237 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Shock Ilarvirus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 237 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Leaf Mottle Nepovirus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 237 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Shoestring Virus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 237 .001 PL
  • TOMRSV rep. 1 (Elisa). NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 237 .001 PL
  • Tobacco Ringspot Virus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 237 .001 PL
Vouchers
Citations
Pedigree
Date released:
1969
Description:
Ethel x Callaway

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GENSTOCKVACCINIUM CORE SUBSETA flag to indicate the accession is part of the core subsetYES VACCINIUM.CORE.1998 Not Available
INSECTLEAFHOPPERA MEASURE OF THE GROWTH INDEX OF SCAPHYTOPIUS MAGDALENSIS ON CLONES1.9 VACCINIUM.RALEIGH.90 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYLEAF COLORAUTUMN FOLIAGE COLORR - RED VACCINIUM.CORVALL.90 Not Available
PHENOLOGYFIRST RIPEJULIAN DATE OF FIRST RIPE FRUIT228 VACCINIUM.CORVALL.90 Not Available
Genotype Data
Poly TypeMarkerValueEvaluationStudy TypeInventory
MICROSATELLITECA23a157:160:163:166:1692019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 237 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITECA23a157:160:163:166:1692019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 237 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C179a216:221:235:2372019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 237 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C179a216:221:235:2372019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 237 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEKAN-262a240:243:246:2512019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 237 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEKAN-262a240:243:246:2512019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 237 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITENA172a295:304:307:3102019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 237 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITENA172a295:304:307:3102019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 237 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEPr031818819a315:3192019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 237 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEPr031818819a315:3192019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 237 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEVCB_C_04624103:106:1092019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 237 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEVCB_C_04624103:106:1092019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 237 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-V41f03180:1862019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 237 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-V41f03180:1862019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 237 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITENA398219:231:2342019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 237 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITENA398219:231:2342019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 237 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C428248:254:260:2632019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 237 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C428248:254:260:2632019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 237 .001 PL