SAES-422 Multistate Research Activity Accomplishments Report

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Status: Approved

Basic Information

Participants

Baird, Vance (bairdw@msu.edu)  Michigan State University; Coneva, Elina (edc0001@auburn.edu)  Auburn University; Cook, Rodney (rod@agviewconsulting.com)  Ag-View Consulting; Garcia, Elena (megarcia@uark.edu)  University of Arkansas; Grigg, Ian (igrigg@sun-belle.com)  Sun Belle, Inc.; Hanson, Eric (hansone@msu.edu)  Michigan State University; Hughes, Becky (bhughes@uoguelph.ca)  University of Guelph; Hummer, Kim (kim.hummer@ars.usda.gov)  USDA-ARS NCGR; Jamieson, Andrew (andrew.jamieson@agr.gc.ca)  Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Kennedy, Colleen (c.kennedy@ufl.edu)  University of Florida; Kibbe, Esther (esther.kibbe@driscolls.com)  Driscoll Strawberry Associates; Lindstrom, Thor (thor.lindstrom@usu.edu)  Utah State University; Lyrene, Paul (lyrene@ufl.edu)  University of Florida; Mangandi, Jozer (Mangandi@ufl.edu)  University of Florida; Marshall, Donna (donna.marshall@ars.usda.gov)  USDA ARS Poplarville, MS; Moore, Patrick (moorepp@wsu.edu)  Washington State University; Nonnecke, Gail (Nonnecke@iastate.edu)  Iowa State University; Thompson, Ellen (Ellen@pacificberrybreeding.com)  Pacific Berry Breeding; Tzanetakis, Ioannis (itzaneta@uark.edu)  University of Arkansas; Whitaker, Vance (vwhitaker@ufl.edu)  University of Florida.

Old Business. The minutes were amended to show that Bob Martin (not Chad Finn) is the official host for the 2014 meeting in Corvallis, OR. Kim Lewers will host the 2013 meeting in Maryland with target dates of 21-25 October. The meeting will have similar structure to the current meeting, and tours and speakers will focus on those active in agricultural policy and D.C. attractions. New Business. Elina Coneva is slated to host the 2015 meeting at Auburn. There was a tentative agreement to host the 2016 meeting at Michigan State University with Eric Hanson as a possible host. Formal Industry Members. Several industry participants have become formal industry members of NCCC212, however they do not have voting rights (similar to USDA-ARS members and international participants).
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Accomplishments

Objective 1 - Develop improved small fruit germplasm through cooperative breeding and evaluation programs: Preservation of the Vander Kloet collection of Vaccinium species continued in 2012 with collecting. A. Jamieson, Ag Canada, Kentville, Nova Scotia, CA; Kim Hummer, NCGR, Corvallis, OR. Genetic improvement of strawberry using the RosBREED approach. V. Whitaker, UF GCREC, Balm, FL; C. Finn, USDA-ARS, Corvallis, OR; N. Bassil, USDA-ARS, Corvallis, OR; J. Hancock, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI; T. Davis, Univeristy of New Hampshire, Durham, NH. Breeding for resistance to Colletotrichum crown rot in Southeastern strawberries. V. Whitaker, UF GCREC, Balm, FL; J. Pattison, NCSU, Kannapolis, NC. Evaluation of the Fragaria Supercore Collection for Powdery Mildew and Spider Mite Resistance. V. Whtiaker, UF GCREC, Balm, FL; Kim Hummer, NCGR, Corvallis, OR. Cooperative OSU, USDA-ARS Cooperative Small Fruit Breeding Program. Chad Finn, USDA-ARS, HCRU, Corvallis, OR; Bernadine Strik, OSU. Evaluation of performance of USDA-ARS Beltsville strawberry selections. K. Lewers, USDA-ARS Beltsville MD; B. Smith, USDA-ARS, Poplarville, MS; M. Newell, U. Maryland (WREC), Queenstown, MD; G. Johnson, U. Delaware, Georgetown, DE; G. Nonnecke, Iowa St. U., Ames, IA; D. Archbold, U. Kentucky, Lexington, KY; D. Handley, U. Maine, Monmouth, ME; V. Whitaker, U. Florida, Wimauma, FL; A. Jamieson, AAC, Kentville, NS, Canada; K. Demchak, Pennsylvania St. U., University Park, PA; S. Wright, RCARS, Jackson, KY Evaluating blackberry and raspberry cultivars for adaptability to Utahs arid high-elevation climate and alkaline soils. B.L. Black and Thor Lindstrom, Utah State University. Asian Germplasm Influences on American Berry Crops. Kim Hummer, Jim Ballington, and Tom Davis. USDA Corvallis, North Carolina State University and University of New Hampshire. Developing the Genomic Infrastructure for Breeding Improved Black Raspberries. Chad Finn, Courtney Weber, and Gina Fernandez. Nahla Bassil Todd Mockler; Joe Scheerens, Emily Rhodes, and Robert Agunga Jungmin Lee, Penny Perkins, USDA ARS Corvallis, Cornell, North Carolina State University, Ohio State University. John Innes Institute, East Malling Research, USDA-ARS. Identification of black raspberry cultivars by SSR fingerprinting. Michael Dossett, Chad Finn and Nahla Bassil. USDA ARS Corvallis and AAFC Agassiz, British Columbia. Ploidy determination of Vaccinium species. Kim Hummer, Nahla Bassil, Jim Olmsted. USDA ARS Corvallis and University of Florida. Chromosome Numbers and Flow Cytometry of Strawberry Wild Relatives. Kim Hummer, Nahla Bassil, Joseph Postman, Preda Nathewet, USDA ARS Corvallis, University of New Hampshire, and Chiangmai University. Evaluation of performance of raspberry selections in the Pacific Northwest. P Moore, Washington State University, Chad Finn, USDA-ARS, Corvallis, OR, Chaim Kempler, PacificAgri-Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Agassiz, BC Evaluation of adaptation of raspberry selections to machine harvesting. P Moore, Washington State University, Chad Finn, USDA-ARS, Corvallis, OR, Chaim Kempler, PacificAgri-Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Agassiz, BC Evaluation of raspberry selections to root rot. P Moore, Washington State University, Chad Finn, USDA-ARS, Corvallis, OR, Chaim Kempler, PacificAgri-Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Agassiz, BC Evaluation of performance of strawberry selections in the Pacific Northwest. P Moore, Washington State University, Chad Finn, USDA-ARS, Corvallis, OR, Chaim Kempler, PacificAgri-Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Agassiz, BC. Blueberry-Sparkleberry Hybridization and Introgression Project. Paul Lyrene and James Olmstead, Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida and Jay Spiers, Horticulture Department, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama. Small Fruit Cultivar Breeding for British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest. Chaim Kempler and Michael Dossett - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Agassiz, BC. In cooperation with: John Clark, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR; Mark Ehlenfeldt, USDA-ARS, Chatsworth, NJ; Chad Finn, USDA-ARS, Corvallis, OR; Tom Forge, AAFC - Agassiz, BC; Jim Hancock, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; Andrew Jamieson, AAFC  Kentville, Nova Scotia; Tissa Kannangara, AAFC  Agassiz, BC; Sharokh Khanizadeh, AAFC  St. Jean Quebec; Pat Moore, Washington State University, Puyallup, WA Strawberry cultivar evaluations in the Midwest. Gail Nonnecke, Iowa State; Brian Smith, University of Wisconsin River Falls; USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD Muscadine grape selections for fresh market use. Jim Ballington, NCSU, Penelope Perkins-Veazie, NCSU, Patrick Conner, University of Georgia, John Clark, University of Arkansas. Developing the Genomic Infrastructure for Breeding Improved Black Raspberries. Gina Fernandez, NCSU; Chad E. Finn, USDA-ARS Corvallis, OR; Courney Weber, Cornell; Todd Mockler and Wei Yang, Oregon State University; Robert Agunga and Emily Rhoades, Ohio State University. Assessment of Performance of Newly Developed and Well-Established Rabbiteye Blueberry Cultivars. E. Coneva, E. Vinson, and A. Caylor, Auburn University, Auburn, AL. Assessment of Performance of the UoG Blueberry Breeding Program New Releases, focusing on Rabbiteye Blueberry Cultivars. E. Coneva, E. Vinson, and A. Caylor, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, and Scott NeSmith, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA. Evaluation of Performance of Newly Bred Seedless Table Grape Selections from the University of Arkansas Breeding Lines. E. Coneva, E. Vinson, and A. Caylor, Auburn University, Auburn, AL; and John Clark, University of Arkansas. Investigations of Performance of UC Davis Developed Pierces Disease (PD) Resistant 87.5% V. vinifera Grapes in AL. E. Coneva, E. Vinson, J. Pitts, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, and Andy Walker, UC Davis. Determining the Performance of Selected Blackberry Cultivars in Central AL. James Pitts, E. Coneva, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, and John R. Clark, University of Arklansas. Evaluation of short-day and day-neutral strawberry varieties and advanced selections. Kathy Demchak and Rich Marini, Penn State University, Kim Lewers, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD. Objective 2 - Develop practices for small fruit production tailored for climatic and market needs of growers: Tissue culture and virus testing of UF advanced strawberry selections . V. Whitaker, UF GCREC, Balm, FL; Becky Hughes, University of Guelph, New Liskeard, ON. Spotted Wing Drosophila on berry crops. Walton V., Zalom. F., Goodhue, R., Begun D, Bolda M., Van Steenwyk, B., Caprile J., Grant R., Dreves, A., De Francesco, J., Miller J., Dalton D., Brewer, L., Tochen S., Miller B., Bruck, D., Lee J., Yang W., Kaufmann, D., Seavert C., Peerbolt, T, Walsh, D., Tanigoshi, L., Beers E., Conway, F., Halbleib, M., Isaacs, R., Murray, T., Patten K., Oregon State University, Washington State University, University of California, and industry. Water, Weed, and Nutrient Management Practices in Organic Blackberries. R. Harkins, B.C. Strik, D. Bryla, and G. Buller, Oregon State University and USDA-ARS, HCRU Response of Blackberry Cultivars to Fertilizer Source in an Organic Production System. J. Fernandez-Salvador, B.C. Strik, C.E. Finn, and D.R. Bryla. Oregon State University and USDA-ARS, HCRU. Impact of fertilizer source on yield and quality of Marion and Black Diamond grown in a processed organic blackberry production system. J. Fernandez-Salvador, B.C. Strik, and D.R. Bryla. Oregon State University and USDA-ARS, HCRU. Response of fresh blackberry cultivars to an organic production system. J. Fernandez-Salvador, B.C. Strik, and C.E. Finn. Oregon State University and USDA-ARS, HCRU. Management of cover crop residues for the establishment of productive vineyards. Morgan Curtis, Levi Fredrikson, Patty Skinkis, Oregon State University, and Paul Schreiner, USDA-ARS, HCRU, Corvallis Impacts of early season leaf removal on disease, fruit set, vine growth and grape composition of Pinot noir. Patty Skinkis, Oregon State University, Walt Mahaffee, USDA-ARS, HCRU, Corvallis, and Jungmin Lee, USDA-ARS, Idaho Defining Vine Balance for High Quality Pinot Noir through Altering Vine Vigor and Nutrient Status. Alison Reeve, Amanda J. Vance, Patricia A. Skinkis, Oregon State University, Jungmin Lee, and Julie Tarara, USDA-ARS, Washington Evaluation of low-tunnel strawberry production for season extension. K. Lewers, USDA-ARS Beltsville MD; D. Fleisher, USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD; S. Poppe, U, Minnesota, Morris, MN; M. Pritts, Cornell U., Ithaca, NY. Determining optimal levels of N, P, and K for Pinot Noir based on vine growth, physiology, and fruit quality. R. Paul Schreiner, Patricia A. Skinkis, Jungmin Lee, Michael Qian, James Osborne, Oregon State University and USDA-ARS, Oregon and Idaho. Developing improved management strategies for high tunnel berry production in an arid high-elevation climate. B.L. Black and Thor Lindstrom, Utah State University. Northern Highbush and Half-high Blueberries on the Alaskan Kenai Peninsula: Preliminary Observations. Kim Hummer and Dan Barney. USDA ARS Corvallis, USDA ARS Palmer, Alaska, Alaska Berry Farm. Effects of temperature and light in high tunnel primocane raspberry production and trellis systems for blackberries in Iowa. Gail Nonnecke and B. Havlovic, Iowa State; Fumi Takeda, USDA-ARS, Kearneysville, WV. Roadmap Development for U.S. Raspberry Producers: Forging Links Between New Tools For Breeding Programs And Crop Markets. 2011-2012. Gina Fernandez, NCSU and multiple researchers,Washington State University. Organic Blackberry Production Systems for Improved Yield, Fruit Quality, and Food Safety in Fresh and Processed Markets. Gina Fernandez, NCSU; Bernadine Strik, OSU; David Bryla, USDA-ARS Corvallis, OR. Management of virus complexes in Rubus. Gina Fernandez, NCSU; Ioannis Tzanetakis, U of Ark; Robert Martin, USDA-ARS, Corvallis (leads). Cultural techniques to reduce white-drupe formation on blackberry. F. Takeda, USDA-ARS, Kearneysville, WV; Gina Fernandez and Penny Perkins-Veazie, NCSU. Cultural techniques to reduce winter injury in blackberry. F. Takeda, USDA-ARS, Kearneysville, WV; Gail Nonnecke, Iowa State. Determining Optimum Date for Foliar Sampling of Primocane-Fruiting Blackberry in the Mid-South. M. E. Garcia, U. of Ark.; Josh Beam, Sunny Ridge Farms. Sustainable production systems for winegrapes in the Ozark Mountain Region: implementing improved management practices, developing a real-time information delivery system and developing a voluntary sustainable vineyard certification program. D. Johnson, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR; A. Allen, K. Striegler, and R. Smeda, University of Missouri. Propagation of Sparkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum). Jessica R. Bowerman, James D. Spiers, Elina Coneva, Kenneth M. Tilt, and Eugene K. Blythe, Donna A. Marshal, USDA-ARS Southern Horticulture Laboratory (SHL), 810 Highway 26 West, Poplarvill Mississippi State University Evaluation of Tipping Practices to Extend Harvest of 'Nantahala' and 'Heritage' Red Raspberry in High Tunnels. Kathy Demchak, Penn State University, and Gina Fernandez, North Carolina State University. Determining the Status of Recently-Detected Blueberry Viruses in Pennsylvania. Kathy Demchak and John Esslinger, Penn State University, Ruth Welliver, PA Dept. of Agriculture, K. Cox, Cornell University. An Educational and Monitoring Effort on Spotted Wing Drosophilaa New, Economically Important Pest. Kathy Demchak and David Biddinger, Penn State University, Bryan Butler, Univ. of Maryland. Protective Structures For Berry Crop Production: Assessing Grower Needs And Market Potential. Kathy Demchak, Kathy Kelley, and Jay Harper, Penn State Univ., Eric Hanson, Michigan State Univ., Brent Black, Utah State Univ., Gina Fernandez, North Carolina State Univ., Elena Garcia, Univ. of Arkansas, Becky Sideman, Univ. of New Hampshire, David Handley, Univ. of Maine, Lewis Jett, West Virginia Univ., Gail Nonnecke, Iowa State Univ., Barclay Poling, North Carolina State Univ., Marvin Pritts, Cornell Univ., Reza Rafie, Virginia State Univ., Bernadine Strik, Oregon State Univ. Objective 3 - Explore the association between fruit constituents and human health impacts: Nutraceutical compounds in muscadine grape skin, juice and pulp. D.A. Marshall and S.J. Stringer, USDA-ARS Poplarville, MS; J.D. Spiers, Auburn University. Phytonutrient analysis of Vaccinium species from Hawaii. Kim Hummer, Francis Zee, Bob Durst. USDA in Corvallis and Hilo Hawaii, Oregon State University, Linus Pauling Institute.

Impacts

  1. Collaborative work with plant pathologist Paul Hildebrand and Andrew Jamieson pursued resistance to Xanthomonas fragariae. Some near-market resistant selections from 2010 and 2012 will be entered into performance trials.
  2. Collaborative work with A. Jamieson and RosBREED on P. fragariae testing has identified some potentially important sources of resistance, especially to race A-5. These include some F. chiloensis, F. virginiana, and their derivatives.
  3. The RosBREED SCRI project is generating DNA tests for important traits in strawberry that will speed variety development and lower costs, leading to better varieties for growers in a more rapid timeframe.
  4. The southeastern crown rot project in strawberry identified highly resistant genetics against Colletotrichum gloeosporoides, which will lead to the development of more resistant varieties, and thereby cost savings and greater productivity, for Southeastern strawberry growers.
  5. Tissue cultures of University of Florida advanced selections have been virus tested via multiple methods by Becky Hughes at New Liskeard, ON to generate a reliable source of foundation stock for Canadian nurseries.
  6. Root zone heating coupled with low tunnels serves to advance harvest season and increase total yields of strawberry in colder regions of Utah.
  7. Introduction of Asian raspberry species has improved the range of cultivated Rubus in the US.
  8. Determining the ploidy of unusual blueberry species is enabling breeders to expand the blueberry genepool and develop new cultivars adapted to new environments.
  9. In 2011-12, small fruit plant sales in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) were reported by plant propagators. The PNW public breeding programs developed small fruit cultivars that comprise 72% of the raspberry PNW plant sales, 64% of the strawberry plant sales and 53% of the blackberry plant sales.
  10. The wild species Vaccinium arboreum is being used to produce hybrid blueberry clones that root readily from stem cuttings, have little or no suckering, grow well on upland soil, and would serve as a good rootstock for highbush blueberry scions.
  11. Pacific-Northwest raspberry selections have been developed with excellent machine harvestability.
  12. New strawberry cultivars Stolo and Nisgaa have been released in the Pacific Northwest as disease resistant alternatives.
  13. Shelf life of fresh market muscadines can be doubled through new breeding selections
  14. White druplet formation on Apache blackberry has been reduced to less than 5% using Rotating Cross-Arm (RCA) trellising systems.
  15. The feasibility of off-season high-tunnel strawberry production has been demonstrated in central Arkansas.
  16. We have identified two new viruses associated with blackberry yellow vein disease (BYVD) and a new virus closely associated with blueberry mosaic disease.
  17. Growers in the Northeast have learned to be able to distinguish spotted wing drosophila from other fruit fly species, with 76% of growers correctly identifying spotted wing drosophila males after attending educational events, compared to 16% prior.

Publications

Bañados, M.P., B.C. Strik, D.R. Bryla, and T.L. Righetti. 2012. Response of highbush blueberry to nitrogen fertilizer during field establishment. I. Accumulation and allocation of fertilizer nitrogen and biomass. HortScience 47:648-655. Barney, D. and K. Hummer. 2012. Northern Highbush and Half-high Blueberries on the Alaskan Kenai Peninsula: Preliminary Observations. J. Amer. Pom.Soc. 66(3):145-152. Bradish, C.M., P. Perkins-Veazie, G.E. Fernandez, G. Xie, W. Jia. 2012. Comparison of Flavonoid Composition of Red Raspberries (Rubus idaeus L.) Grown in the Southern United States. J. Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 605779-5786. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/jf203474e Clark, J.R. and P. Perkins-Veazie. 2011. Prime-Ark® 45 primocane-fruiting blackberry. HortScience: 46:670-673. Clark, J.R., B. Strik, A.E. Thompson, and C.E. Finn. 2012. Progress and challenges in primocane-fruiting blackberry breeding and cultural management. Acta Hort. 926:387-392. Dossett, M., N.V. Bassil, and C.E. Finn. 2012. SSR fingerprinting of black raspberry cultivars shows discrepancies in identification. Acta Hort. 946:49-53. Dossett, Michael, Nahla V. Bassil, Kim S. Lewers and Chad E. Finn. 2012. Genetic diversity in wild and cultivated black raspberry evaluated by simple sequence repeat markers. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. DOI: 10.1007/s10722-012-9808-8 Hummer, K. Bassil, N., Postman, J. and Nathewet, P. 2012. Chromosome Numbers and Flow Cytometry of Strawberry Wild Relatives. Acta Hort. 948:169-174. Hummer, K.E., Jamieson, A.R., and Newell, R. 2012. Beyond botany to genetic resource preservation: the S.P. Vander Kloet Vaccinium collections. Botany 90:337-346. Hummel, N., Attaway, D., Coneva, E., Braswell, J., Cline, W., Marshall, D.A., Ferrin, D., Machtmes, K., Roy, H. 2012. Creating a community of practice for blueberries. International Journal of Fruit Science 12:350-359. Jamieson, A.R., Sanderson, K.R. and Tremblay, R.J.A. 2012. Laurel strawberry. HortScience 47:431-433. Lowe, J.D, K.W. Pomper, S. B. Crabtree, J. R. Clark, and J.G. Strang. 2012. Yield of thorny primocane- fruiting blackberries from the University of Arkansas Breeding program grown under organic growing conditions in Kentucky . J. Amer. Pomol. Soc. 66:2-7. Marshall, D.A., S.J. Stringer and J.D. Spiers. 2012. Stilbene, ellagic acid, flavanol and phenolic content of muscadine grape (Vitis rotundifolia) cultivars. Pharmaceutical Crops 3:69-77. Marshall, D.A., N.C. Edwards Jr., .J.M. Spiers. 2011. Performance of persimmon (Diospyrus kaki) cultivars in southern Mississippi. International Journal of Fruit Science 11:386-392. Moore, P.P., W.K. Hoashi-Erhardt, C.E. Finn and C. Kempler. 2011. 'Puget Crimson' Strawberry. HortScience 46: 1698-1700. Moore, P.P. and W.K. Hoashi-Erhardt. 2012. Effects of Raspberry Bushy Dwarf Virus on Fruit Traits in Five Raspberry Cultivars. Acta Hort 946: 263-266. Strik, B.C., J.R. Clark, C.E. Finn, and G. Buller. 2012. Management of Primocane-fruiting Blackberry  Impacts on Yield, Fruiting Season, and Cane Architecture. HortScience 47:593-598. Stringer, S.J., A.D. Draper, D. A. Marshall and J.M. Spiers. Gupton southern highbush blueberry. HortScience 7:42. Ward, J.A., W.E. Boone, P.P. Moore and C.A. Weber. 2012. Developing Molecular Markers for Marker Assisted Selection for Resistance to Raspberry Bushy Dwarf Virus (RBDV) in Red Raspberry. Acta Hort 946:61-66. Valenzuela-Estrada, L.R., D.R. Bryla, W.K. Hoashi-Erhardt, P.P. Moore and T.A. Forge. 2012. Root Traits Associated with Phytophthora Root Rot Resistance in Red Raspberry. Acta Hort 946: 283-287
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