TITLE:
Comparison of Different Cultivars of Blueberry Overwintering Ability in Qingdao of China
AUTHORS:
Wan-Ping Liu, Shu-Chai Su, Xiao Liu, Zhi-Xia Hou
KEYWORDS:
Blueberry; Cultivars; Overwintering Ability; Annual Branch
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Plant Sciences,
Vol.3 No.3,
March
20,
2012
ABSTRACT: In order to select severe overwintering abilitied blueberry cultivars for cold resistance of annual branches, promoting breeding high quality cultivars, a study had been conducted into field-planting shoots overwintering ability and the relative conductivity, MDA content, SOD of 7 different kinds of blueberries under artificial cooling process. According to survey results, under field conditions, Different cultivars of blueberries showed significantly difference, ranging from 56.67% of Bluegold to 12.80% of Darrow. With the temperature decreasing, changes of relative conductivity, MDA content and SOD in annual branches had a strong regularity and the hardiness of these cultivars is: Northland > Chippewa > Coville > Bluecroup > Darrow > Bluegold > Powderblue.