Details for: PI 554703, Vaccinium virgatum Aiton, 'Brightwell'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium virgatum Aiton
Cultivar:
'Brightwell'
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:
'Brightwell'
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
1981.
Georgia, United States
Comment: Cultivar introduced in 1983
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
'Brightwell'
Type: Cultivar name
Group: RABBITEYE

T-99
Type: Other or unclassified name
Group: OTHERNUM
other identifier

2nd recd 2/22/85
Type: Site identifier
Group: OTHERNUM
other identifier

CVAC 238
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number

Rabbiteye
Type: Site identifier
Group: CROPTYPE

Narrative
Berry: medium; skin blue, small dry scars; flavor good; ripens after Climax, about same season as Woodard. Plant: productive; vigorous, upright; new cane production adequate; self-unfruitful. - Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit and Nut Varieties. 1997. ASHS Press. p. 177.Recommended as an alternative to Woodard, disease resistant. Flowers later than Climax, leafhopper resistant. Received as Vaccinium ashei. Brightwell (early season) was released from Georgia in 1983 from a cross of 'Tifblue' x 'Menditoo' (Austin and Draper 1983). Plants are vigorous and upright with a small crown and produce enough new stems to renew the plant. The ease of berry separation from the plant adapt it for mechanical harvest for the fresh market. The plant is low chilling (350-400 hrs) (Austin and Bondari 1987B), but flowering is delayed sometimes after a late freeze giving it the ability to withstand late cold weather better than most other rabbiteye blueberry cultivars. It is an excellent cultivar to plant with 'Climax' for cross pollination. 'Brightwell' plants are very productive in the southeastern United States, southern France and northern Spain. The berries are medium to large in size, firm, light blue in color, have a small, dry stem scar and good flavor. 'Brightwell' ripens over a relatively short period beginning after 'Climax' and about the same season as 'Woodard'. Anthesis to 50% ripe fruit has not been determined. It is the most consistent produce of any rabbiteye blueberry cultivar for fresh market. Also, it is an excellent berry for the fresh market. Berries do not tend to crack after rain as with some cultivars. The average seed number is 78 seeds per berry.

Max Austin and Arlen Draper cultivar release cross made in 1963, introduced in 1981

Cultivar Synonym= Tested as T-99

NAMED FOR= W. T. Brightwell, Vaccinium breeder
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 238 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Shock Ilarvirus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 238 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Leaf Mottle Nepovirus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 238 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Shoestring Virus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 238 .001 PL
  • TOMRSV rep. 1 (Elisa). NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 238 .001 PL
  • Tobacco Ringspot Virus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 238 .001 PL
Vouchers
Citations
Pedigree
Description:
Tifblue x Menditoo

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 CLONES0.8 VACCINIUM.RALEIGH.90 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYLEAF COLORAUTUMN FOLIAGE COLORG - GREEN VACCINIUM.CORVALL.90 Not Available
PHENOLOGYFIRST RIPEJULIAN DATE OF FIRST RIPE FRUIT222 VACCINIUM.CORVALL.90 Not Available
STRESSMAX MID-WINTER COLD HARDINESSMID-WINTER HARDINESS,SUSTAINED MINIMUM LT50 IN DEGREES CELCIUS, OBSERVED IN BLUEBERRY CULTIVARS-18.3 VACCINIUM.COLDHARDY.NEWJERSEY.2006 Not Available
Genotype Data
Poly TypeMarkerValueEvaluationStudy TypeInventory
MICROSATELLITECA23a157:160:163:166:1692019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 238 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITECA23a157:160:163:166:1692019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 238 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C179a216:221:235:2372019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 238 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C179a216:221:235:2372019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 238 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEKAN-262a240:243:246:2512019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 238 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEKAN-262a240:243:246:2512019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 238 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITENA172a295:304:307:3102019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 238 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITENA172a295:304:307:3102019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 238 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEPr031818819a315:3192019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 238 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEPr031818819a315:3192019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 238 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEVCB_C_04624103:106:1092019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 238 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEVCB_C_04624103:106:1092019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 238 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C571120:123:1262019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 238 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-V41f03180:1862019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 238 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-V41f03180:1862019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 238 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITENA398219:231:2342019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 238 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITENA398219:231:2342019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 238 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C428248:254:260:2632019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 238 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C428248:254:260:2632019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 238 .001 PL