Details for: PI 554956, Vaccinium virgatum Aiton, 'Beckyblue'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium virgatum Aiton
Cultivar:
'Beckyblue'
Origin:
Developed – Florida, 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:
'Beckyblue'
Origin:
Developed – Florida, United States
Received by NPGS:
02 Mar 1990
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
1968.
Florida, 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
'Beckyblue'
Type: Cultivar name
Group: RABBITEYE
W. B. Sherman and R. H. Sharpe cross made in 1965, selected in 1968
Sherman, Wayne University of Florida

Fla. X
Type: Developer identifier
Group: OTHERNUM
other identifier

CVAC 715
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number

Narrative
Fruit: round, medium; firm; medium-blue; flavorful with dry, small scars; recommended for shipping or local market use; blooms in late February to early March, 1 week before Bluegem; ripens late May to early June. Plant: vigorous; tall; spreading; similar in size to Tifblue; not self-fertile and should be interplanted with other rabbiteyes for cross-pollination; some resistance to powery mildew. -- Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit and Nut Varieties. 1997. ASHS Press. p. 175.Produces in high and low winter chilling, yields well. Earliest of all the rabbiteye cultivars Beckeyblue (early season) was released from Florida in 1978 from a cross of a Vaccinium ashei selection with an unnamed tetraploid highbush selection (Sherman and Sharpe 1978). 'Beckyblue' does not fit the norm for a phenotypically pentaploid, therefore, it is possible that it is pure V. ashei. Plants are mederately vigorous, and upright with a small crown. It has a low chilling requirement of 300 hours and will flower immediately after a period of warm weather, generally in mid-Febrauary in south Georgia. Anthesis to 50% ripe fruit is 82 days. Flowers are not self-fertile, but are cross fertile with other rabbiteye blueberry cultivars. 'Climax' is a good pollinator for 'Beckyblue' but 'Aliceblue' is not. It is very productive and extra pruning is recommended for good fruit set. Berries are medium in size, firm, medium blue in color, have small, dry stem scars and are flavorful. The average seed number is undetermined. It can be mechanically harvested for the fresh market. -M.E. Austin, 1994. Rabbiteye Blueberries. Ag Science, Inc. Auburndale, FL. p. 17.Beckyblue - A 1977 release from the University of Florida which can be mechanically harvested for the fresh market. Fruit have good color, size, and firmness and a dry picking scar. Problems with early defoliation due to leaf diseases can reduce flower bud initiation. Older plants have benefitted from rejuvenation pruning to maintain adequate flower bud initiation. A low chilling requirement of 300 - 400 chill hours often results in very early flowering and susceptibility to spring freezes.

W. B. Sherman and R. H. Sharpe cross made in 1965, selected in 1968

Cultivar Synonym= Tested as Fla. X
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
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 15 May 1998, from Vaccinium hybr. to Vaccinium virgatum Aiton
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Pathogens
Elisa test
  • Blueberry Scorch Carlavirus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 715 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Shock Ilarvirus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 715 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Leaf Mottle Nepovirus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 715 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Shoestring Virus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 715 .001 PL
  • TOMRSV rep. 1 (Elisa). NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 715 .001 PL
  • Tobacco Ringspot Virus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 715 .001 PL
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Citations
Pedigree
Description:
(Florida 6-138) x E-96 [Berkeley x (Wareham x Pioneer)]

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-16.9 VACCINIUM.COLDHARDY.NEWJERSEY.2006 Not Available
Genotype Data
Poly TypeMarkerValueEvaluationStudy TypeInventory
MICROSATELLITECA23a157:160:163:1662019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 715 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITECA23a157:160:163:1662019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 715 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C179a209:216:2212019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 715 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C179a209:216:2212019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 715 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEKAN-262a243:246:251:2542019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 715 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEKAN-262a243:246:251:2542019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 715 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITENA172a304:3072019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 715 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITENA172a304:3072019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 715 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEPr031818819a310:319:323:3252019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 715 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEPr031818819a310:319:323:3252019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 715 .001_F PL