Details for: PI 554721, Vaccinium virgatum Aiton, 'Powderblue'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium virgatum Aiton
Cultivar:
'Powderblue'
Origin:
Developed – North Carolina, United States
Received by NPGS:
02 Mar 1990
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:
'Powderblue'
Origin:
Developed – North Carolina, United States
Received by NPGS:
02 Mar 1990
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
1963.
North Carolina, United States
Comment: Cultivar introduced in 1978
Developer(s):
Donated
02 March 1990.
Florida, United States
Comment: Plants received from Hartmann's Plantation Inc 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
'Powderblue'
Type: Cultivar name
Group: RABBITEYE
George M. Darrow cultivar release selected in 1963
Galletta, G. J. USDA, ARS

NC 901
Type: Developer identifier
Group: OTHERNUM
other identifier

CVAC 722
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number

Narrative
Fruit: using Tifblue as the standard, Powderblue is in the same season and has better fruit color, more foliage disease resistance, similar yields and mechanical harvesting characteristics. Powderblue is similar enough to Tifblue in appearance, quality and season that the two can be harvested together and used as pollinators for each other. Plant: vigorous; productive; should be interplanted with a suitable pollinizer variety. - Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit and Nut Varieties. 1997. ASHS Press. p. 185.Recommended for home use, fresh market and Pick-your-own. Fruit light blue, high quality, will x-pollinate w/Tifblue. Received as Vaccinium ashei. Powderblue (mid to late season) was released from North Carolina in 1978 from a cross of 'Tifblue' x 'Menditoo' (Galletta 1978). Plants are vigorous and consistently productive with an upright to semi-upright plant growth with small-medium crowns. Time of flowering, fruit appearance, and maturety are similar to 'Tifblue', but anthesis to 50% ripe fruit is 82 days, four days sooner than 'Tifblue'. The chilling requriement is reported to be 550-650 hours. Berries are medium in size, but generally smaller than 'Tifblue'. They are light blue in color with a small, dry stem scar, very firm, with a sweet flavor, but not aromatic. Fruit is less prone to cracking than 'Tifblue' in very wet soil conditions. The average seed number is undetermined. -M.E. Austin, 1994. Rabbiteye Blueberries. Ag Science, Inc. Auburndale, FL. p. 21.

George M. Darrow cultivar release selected in 1963

Cultivar Synonym= Tested as NC-901

NAMED FOR= the white bloom on the dark blue fruit
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 722 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Shock Ilarvirus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 722 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Leaf Mottle Nepovirus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 722 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Shoestring Virus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 722 .001 PL
  • TOMRSV rep. 1 (Elisa). NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 722 .001 PL
  • Tobacco Ringspot Virus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 722 .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
STRESSMAX MID-WINTER COLD HARDINESSMID-WINTER HARDINESS,SUSTAINED MINIMUM LT50 IN DEGREES CELCIUS, OBSERVED IN BLUEBERRY CULTIVARS-22.1 VACCINIUM.COLDHARDY.NEWJERSEY.2006 Not Available
Genotype Data
Poly TypeMarkerValueEvaluationStudy TypeInventory
MICROSATELLITECA23a157:160:163:1692019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 722 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITECA23a157:160:163:1692019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 722 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C179a221:230:2372019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 722 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C179a221:230:2372019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 722 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEKAN-262a243:251:254:2662019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 722 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEKAN-262a243:251:254:2662019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 722 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITENA172a295:304:307:310:3132019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 722 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITENA172a295:304:307:310:3132019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 722 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEPr031818819a310:315:319:3332019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 722 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEPr031818819a310:315:319:3332019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 722 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEVCB_C_04624103:106:1092019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 722 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-V41f03180:1862019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 722 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITENA398219:223:227:231:2342019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 722 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C428248:254:260:2632019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 722 .001 PL