Details for: PI 554711, Vaccinium virgatum Aiton, 'Clara'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium virgatum Aiton
Cultivar:
'Clara'
Origin:
Developed – Georgia, United States
Received by NPGS:
11 Jan 1990
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:

Hybrid
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium virgatum Aiton
Cultivar:
'Clara'
Origin:
Developed – Georgia, United States
Received by NPGS:
11 Jan 1990
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:

Hybrid
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
1930.
Georgia, United States
Comment: Discovered in 1929 along the Suwannee River
Developer(s):
Donated
11 January 1990.
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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Accession Names and Identifiers
'Clara'
Type: Cultivar name
Group: RABBITEYE
J. T. Bush Introduction Discovered in 1929, introduced in the 1930's
Bush, J.T.

CVAC 245
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number

Narrative
Fruit: skin medium blue; flavor good. Bush: rabbiteye type; vigorous, to 10 ft. high. Received as Vaccinium ashei. Fruit hold up well after picking - Darrow, 1947, Yearbook of Agriculture p. 301

J. T. Bush Introduction Discovered in 1929, introduced in the 1930's
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 245 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Shock Ilarvirus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 245 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Leaf Mottle Nepovirus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 245 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Shoestring Virus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 245 .001 PL
  • TOMRSV rep. 1 (Elisa). NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 245 .001 PL
  • Tobacco Ringspot Virus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 245 .001 PL
Vouchers
Citations
Pedigree
Description:
Selected from wild V. ashei from Georgia

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GENSTOCKVACCINIUM CORE SUBSETA flag to indicate the accession is part of the core subsetYES VACCINIUM.CORE.1998 Not Available
PHENOLOGYFIRST BLOOMJULIAN DATE OF FIRST BLOOM94 VACCINIUM.CORVALL.90 Not Available
PHENOLOGYFIRST RIPEJULIAN DATE OF FIRST RIPE FRUIT186 VACCINIUM.CORVALL.90 Not Available
Genotype Data
Poly TypeMarkerValueEvaluationStudy TypeInventory
MICROSATELLITECA23a157:1602019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 245 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITECA23a157:1602019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 245 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C179a212:2212019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 245 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C179a212:2212019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 245 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEKAN-262a249:2632019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 245 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEKAN-262a249:2632019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 245 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITENA172a304:3072019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 245 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITENA172a304:3072019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 245 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEPr031818819a315:317:3192019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 245 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEPr031818819a315:317:3192019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 245 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEVCB_C_04624100:103:1062019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 245 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-V41f03180:1862019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 245 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITENA398231:2342019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 245 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C428251:2572019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 245 .001 PL