Details for: PI 554709, Vaccinium virgatum Aiton, 'Homebell'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium virgatum Aiton
Cultivar:
'Homebell'
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:
'Homebell'
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
1955.
Georgia, United States
Comment: Crossed in 1940, selected at Tifton, introduced in 1955
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.
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Group name: VACCINIUM:TRUETOTYPE
Note: True to Type confirmed by Genetic and Morphological techniques
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Accession Names and Identifiers
'Homebell'
Type: Cultivar name
Group: RABBITEYE
W. T. Brightwell and George M. Darrow cultivar release cross made in 1940, introduced in 1955
Darrow, George M. USDA-ARS, Plant Industry Station

9-112
Type: Other or unclassified name
Group: OTHERNUM
other identifier

CVAC 244
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number

Narrative
Fruit: medium large; skin medium-dark blue; flesh firm; flavor mild. Bush: rabbiteye type; very vigorous; productive; easy to propagate. - Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit and Nut Varieties. ASHS Press. 1997. p. 182.Rabbiteye type, very vigorous, easy to propagate. Received as Vaccinium ashei. Homebell ('Myers' x 'Black Giant') was named and released in 1955 (Brightwell 1963). It is a vigorous upright-spreading plant with enough new shoots to renew the plants. Leaves are thin and medium green in color. Harvest season is early to midseason and the plant is very productive. Berries are medium dark blue, medium to large in size, good eating quality, and resists cracking under wet soil conditions. - M. E. Austin, 1994. Rabbiteye Blueberries. Ag Science, Inc. Auburndale, FL. p. 16.

W. T. Brightwell and George M. Darrow cultivar release cross made in 1940, introduced in 1955

Cultivar Synonym= Tested as 9-112

NAMED FOR= Belle of the home
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
  • Tobacco Ringspot Virus. NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015. Inventory: CVAC 244 .001 PL
  • TOMRSV rep. 1 (Elisa). NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015. Inventory: CVAC 244 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Shoestring Virus. NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015. Inventory: CVAC 244 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Leaf Mottle Nepovirus. NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015. Inventory: CVAC 244 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Shock Ilarvirus. NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015. Inventory: CVAC 244 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Scorch Carlavirus. NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015. Inventory: CVAC 244 .001 PL
Vouchers
Citations
Pedigree
Date released:
1955
Description:
Ga 6-40 (Myers x Black Giant)

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GENSTOCKVACCINIUM CORE SUBSETA flag to indicate the accession is part of the core subsetYES VACCINIUM.CORE.1998 Not Available
GENSTOCKTRUE TO TYPEConfirmation of cultivar identity based on pedigree analysis (parents and or offspring) using molecular markers YES 2019 10-SSR BlueberryCVAC 244 .001 PLNot Available
INSECTLEAFHOPPERA MEASURE OF THE GROWTH INDEX OF SCAPHYTOPIUS MAGDALENSIS ON CLONES21.2 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-20.6 VACCINIUM.COLDHARDY.NEWJERSEY.2006 Not Available
Genotype Data
Poly TypeMarkerValueEvaluationStudy TypeInventory
MICROSATELLITECA23a157:160:163:1692019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 244 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITECA23a157:160:163:1692019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 244 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C179a212:221:2372019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 244 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C179a212:221:2372019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 244 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEKAN-262a243:254:257:260:2842019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 244 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEKAN-262a243:254:257:260:2842019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 244 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITENA172a304:307:3102019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 244 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITENA172a304:307:3102019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 244 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEPr031818819a292:310:313:317:3192019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 244 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEPr031818819a292:310:313:317:3192019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 244 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEVCB_C_04624103:1062019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 244 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C571120:123:1262019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 244 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C571120:123:1262019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 244 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-V41f03180:186:1922019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 244 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITENA398219:223:227:231:2342019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 244 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C428248:257:260:2662019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 244 .001 PL