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Details for: PI 666682,
Vaccinium reticulatum
Sm., 'Red Button'
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium reticulatum
Sm.
Cultivar:
'Red Button'
Origin:
Donated – Hawaii, United States
Maintained:
National Clonal Germplasm Repository
Received by NPGS:
08 Jan 2009
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:
Hybrid
Form Received:
In-vitro
Life Form:
Shrub
Life Habit:
Shrub
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium reticulatum
Sm.
Cultivar:
'Red Button'
Origin:
Donated – Hawaii, United States
Maintained:
National Clonal Germplasm Repository
Received by NPGS:
08 Jan 2009
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:
Hybrid
Form Received:
In-vitro
Life Form:
Shrub
Life Habit:
Shrub
Source History
Donated
08 January 2009.
Hawaii, United States
Donor(s):
Zee, Francis T.
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Red Button'
Type: Cultivar name
Zee, Francis T.
N06-9
Type: Developer identifier
Group: OTHERNUM
other identifier
Zee, Francis T.
CVAC 1818
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number
Narrative
Red Button. An `ohelo berry (V. reticulatum) selected for ornamental traits and prolific berry production Origin: USDA-ARS, Hilo, HI by F. Zee. From native collected seed; selected 2006; tested as N06-9; introd. 2008. Fruit: medium;13 x 11 mm; round; light orange-yellow with red speckles; low sugars; 5% Brix with acidity similar to Bluecrop. Plant: up to 50 cm; more upright growth than Kilauea `ohelo; responds well to pruning and training, and can be shaped into a compact symmetrical canopy; ovate leaflets; 25 x 21mm; internodes; 3 mm; emerging buds are bright crimson, and expand into shiny, leathery, green leaves with a red margin; multiple flower buds emerge from the leaf axils and have red-purple calyx tips with a white margin, dark red fused sepals from budding through flowering; propagation by tissue culture or softwood.
Vaccinium reticulatum
Sm.
Genus:
Vaccinium
Section:
Myrtillus
Family:
Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Vaccinioideae
Tribe:
Vaccinieae
Nomen number:
41053
Place of publication:
A. Rees, Cycl. 36:
Vaccinium
no. 30. 1817
Verified:
06/12/1992
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Vaccinium peleanum
Skottsb.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
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Citation
English
ohelo
1
Follet, P. A. & F. T. Zee.
2011. Host status of
Vaccinium reticulatum
(Ericaceae) to invasive Tephritid fruit flies in Hawaii. J. Econ. Entomol. 104:571-573.
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Pathogens
Elisa test
Blueberry Scorch Carlavirus. NEGATIVE 22 May 2015.
Inventory:
CVAC 1818 .001 PL
Blueberry Shock Ilarvirus. NEGATIVE 22 May 2015.
Inventory:
CVAC 1818 .001 PL
Blueberry Leaf Mottle Nepovirus. NEGATIVE 22 May 2015.
Inventory:
CVAC 1818 .001 PL
Blueberry Shoestring Virus. NEGATIVE 22 May 2015.
Inventory:
CVAC 1818 .001 PL
TOMRSV rep. 1 (Elisa). NEGATIVE 22 May 2015.
Inventory:
CVAC 1818 .001 PL
Tobacco Ringspot Virus. NEGATIVE 22 May 2015.
Inventory:
CVAC 1818 .001 PL
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Pedigree
Date released:
2008
Description:
selected from wild gathered seed near Volcano, Hawaii
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