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Details for: PI 702675,
Vaccinium virgatum
Aiton, 'USDA-Spiers'
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium virgatum
Aiton
Cultivar:
'USDA-Spiers'
Origin:
Developed – Mississippi, United States
Maintained:
National Clonal Germplasm Repository
Received by NPGS:
01 Apr 2023
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Shrub
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium virgatum
Aiton
Cultivar:
'USDA-Spiers'
Origin:
Developed – Mississippi, United States
Maintained:
National Clonal Germplasm Repository
Received by NPGS:
01 Apr 2023
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Shrub
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
01 April 2023.
Mississippi, United States
Developer(s):
Babiker, Ebrahiem, USDA ARS
Draper, Arlen D.
Sakhanokho, Hamidou, USDA-ARS
Sampson, Blair, USDA-ARS-SHR
Stringer, Stephen, USDA,ARS Small Fruit Station
Accession Names and Identifiers
'USDA-Spiers'
Type: Cultivar name
Group: BLUEBERRY
MS 794
Type: Developer identifier
V. virgatum
Type: Site identifier
Group: SPECIES
accession preserved for genes
CVAC 2394
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number
Narrative
Hexaploid rabbiteye, 'USDA-Spiers', selected in 1999 by Dr. Arlen Draper
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
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
rabbit-eye blueberry
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
southern black blueberry
1
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English
swamp blueberry
1
Weakley, A. S.
2011.
Flora of the southern and middle Atlantic states.
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'USDA-Spiers' Rabbiteye Blueberry
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Pedigree
Date released:
Mar 2023
Female external name:
MS 167
Male external name:
MS 536
Pollination type:
CONTROLLED
Description:
MS 167 x MS 536
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