Details for: PI 641331, Vaccinium corymbosum L., 'Dixieblue'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Vaccinium corymbosum L.

Cultivar:

'Dixieblue'

Origin:

Developed – Mississippi, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

25 Oct 2005

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Vaccinium corymbosum L.

Cultivar:

'Dixieblue'

Origin:

Developed – Mississippi, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

25 Oct 2005

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Source History

Developed

2005.
Mississippi, United States
Comment: Cross was made in early 1970's, selected in 1976.
Developer(s):

Donated

25 October 2005.
Mississippi, United States

Donor(s):

Harrin, Susan H., USDA-ARS, SFRS

Accession Group(s)

Group name: VACCINIUM: Blueberries
Note: Vaccinium corymbosum
To search for accessions in this group, click the following link. VACCINIUM: Blueberries

Group name: VACCINIUM: Northern Highbush
Note: Blueberry cultivars adapted to colder climates
To search for accessions in this group, click the following link. VACCINIUM: Northern Highbush

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Dixieblue'

Type: Cultivar name

Group: BLUEBERRY

MS 111

Type: Developer identifier

Group: OTHERNUM

other identifier

CVAC 1689

Type: Site identifier

Group: LOCAL

Corvallis local number

Northern highbush blueberry

Type: Site identifier

Group: CROPTYPE

Narrative

Dixieblue - Southern highbush. Origin: USDA-ARS Small Fruit Research Station, Poplarville, MS. by S. J. Stringer, J. M. Spiers, and A. D. Draper. G144 x US75; cross made in mid 1970's at Beltsville, MD. Selected in 1979 and tested as MS 111; introduced inn 2005. Fruit: medium - large, flat, color, firmness, flavor and picking scar good; ripens approximately 10 days before Climax. Flowering approximately 7 days after Climax. Plant: vigorous, moderately spreading, round in shape and medium in height. Yield potential: medium - high. Propagation: softwood or hardwood cuttings. Adapted to the Coastal Plains and Gulf Coast regions of the U. S. Should be interplanted with other southern highbush cultivars to optimize earliness, yield and quality.

Cultivar release by Steve J. Stringer, J. M. Spiers, and A. D. Draper ; cross was made in early 1970's tested ast MS 111, selected in 1976, introduced in 2005.

NAMED FOR= the southland, Dixie

Vaccinium corymbosum L.

Genus:

Vaccinium

Section:

Cyanococcus

Family:

Ericaceae

Subfamily:

Vaccinioideae

Tribe:

Vaccinieae

Nomen number:

41002

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:350. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

01/14/2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Autonym(s)
Vaccinium corymbosum L. var. corymbosum

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Vaccinium atlanticum E. P. Bicknell
Vaccinium constablaei A. Gray

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	American blueberry	1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	blueberry	1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	highbush blueberry	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	swamp blueberry	1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
French	airelle d'Amérique	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	bluet en corymbe	2	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
German	amerikanische Blueberry	2	Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
Spanish	arándano americano	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	amerikanskt blåbär	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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