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Florida Blueberry Breeding Program
2019 Fall blueberry growers association
Fall Short Course
Patricio Munoz
Blueberry Breeding and Genomics
Horticultural Science Department
University of Florida
p.munoz@ufl.edu
@BBerryBreeding
October 24 2019. Florida
2016 global production growth predictions
Brazelton et al 2017 IBO
Global production growth predictions
Brazelton et al 2019 IBO
Top global production highbush blueberry
- US/Canada drop from 50% to 31%
- China growing significantly
- South America increased so same in % global contribution
Brazelton et al 2017 IBO
Global production growth predictions
Global Production: 2016 658.0 Millions of Kg Brazelton et al 2019 IBO
2018/19 1,037 Millions of Kg
US/Canada Production Florida
2016/17 331.1 (50% of global) FL 6.13 (1.9% of US)
2018/19 321.5 (32% of global) FL 8.98 (2.8% of US)
HOW THE PROGRAM CAN HELP OUR PRODUCERS?
UF Blueberry Breeding Program Test Sites
Suwanee Creek Farms
Homerville, GA
Straughn Farms
Windsor/Waldo, FL
Miller Blueberry Plant.
Interlachen, FL
Andy Frederick PSREU
Silver Spring, FL Citra, FL
Ryan Atwood
Chuck Allison
Umatilla, FL
Umatilla, FL
Frogmore Fresh
Dade City, FL Dole Fruit
Haines City, FL
Astin Farms
Wimauma, FL Island Grove Ag Prod.
Arcadia, FL
Andy Frederick
Arcadia, FL
Network of testing across all
production areas and systems
www.blueberrybreeding.com
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cultivars, research, and help!!
Doug Phillips
If you have questions:
Visit: Doug’s Blog https://www.blueberrybreeding.com/blog/
Email him: dal64372@ufl.edu
Follow him:
Facebook: UF Blueberry Extension
Twitter: @blueberry_flFlorida Blueberry Farms Surveyed 2019 Season
# Farms Acreage % of Total in
FL
North 12 1,405 28%
Central 31 2,167 43%
South 4 325 7%
47 3,897 78%
County Number of Farms Acreage
Alachua 6 1,110
Polk 14 1,072
Lake 6 337
Hillsborough 2 223
DeSoto 2 204
Hernando 2 197
Pasco 2 192
Putnam 2 160
Hardee 2 121
Marion 3 95
Citrus 2 80
Levy 1 40
Osceola 2 36
Orange 1 30
47 3,897Scouting phone App
HOW THE PROGRAM CAN HELP OUR PRODUCERS?
New cultivar 2019
Fruit Diameter (mm)- JUMBO
2018 2019
Citra
Waldo
Reference: Emerald=16-20mm
Red line= 14 mm recommended minimum diameter acceptability (Hancock 2010)Firmness = Compression Force (g/mm)
2018 2019
Citra
Waldo
Reference: Emerald=160-210 g/mm
Dotted line= 150 g/mm recommended minimum firmness acceptability (Hancock 2010)Soluble Solid Content (%)
2018 2019
Citra
Waldo
Reference: Emerald=9.9
Dotted line= 10 recommended minimum brix acceptability (Hancock 2010)Yield and timing of production
2018 2019
Citra
Waldo
Reference: Emerald=50% yield by week 17 and 90% yield by week 18.5Can COLOSSUS be machine harvested?
Video HereYield and timing of production Packout was 5.6 Lb/Bush Planting density is 1,290 Yield:7,224 Lb/Acre + 1 Lb/bush dropped on the ground + 1 Lb/Bush left on the plant
Should Dormex be used in COLOSSUS? 2,500 g = 5.5 lb/bush
HOW THE PROGRAM CAN HELP OUR PRODUCERS?
Substrate Production Intensive system
March 2018 April 2018 August 2018
Jan 2019 Feb 2019
Dec 2018‘FL 09-216’ ‘FL 09-311’ OFL 06-19’
Bushy semi-upright upright
Effect of architecture on: yield, temperature, and weedsSubstrate production Yr1
Average yield per bush by week and weekly price
Percentage of yield harvested
during high price window:
FL06-19=3 lb/plant FL06-19: 51%
Planting Density Vireo: 43%
4,440 plants/acre Chickadee: 41%
FL09-216: 39%
FL09-311=5.5 lb/plant FL09-311: 24%Fruit Set and Machine Harvest!
Fruit quality
Acids
• 20 traits evaluated Sugar
Machine Harvestability
~400 genotypes Scar Fruit firmness
Fruit diameter Peduncle size
Advanced Stages of selection Fruit weight Pedicel size
Fruit split Detachment strength
Number of ripe fruits per branch (count)
Yield
# Buds
# Flowers
# Green fruits
# Ripe fruits
# Branches
Initiation
Initiation length
In orange: Genotypes with
high yield and high fruit
quality
Genotypes with high firmness
that will allow machine
harvest
Number of flower buds per branch (count)Fall Production??
Main Goal
• Off-season production → September / October
Volume (Kg)
October 2019
Size: 19 mm
Brix: 11.3
Acid: 0.43
Firm: 250 g/mm
https://www.internationalblueberry.org/live-stats/New Flavors and Colors!!
Blueberry is what it is Because of collaborative work of visionaries IFAS-Growers Promotion Healthy benefits
Thanks to our collaborators!!
Suwanee Creek Farms
Homerville, GA
Straughn Farms
Windsor/Waldo, FL
Miller Blueberry Plant.
Interlachen, FL
Andy Frederick PSREU
Silver Spring, FL Citra, FL
Ryan Atwood
Chuck Allison
Umatilla, FL
Umatilla, FL
Frogmore Fresh
Dade City, FL Dole Fruit
Haines City, FL
Astin Farms
Wimauma, FL Island Grove Ag Prod.
Arcadia, FL
Andy Frederick
Arcadia, FLUF Blueberry Breeding and Genomic Lab
QUESTIONS??Visit us at www.blueberrybreeding.com
Twitter: @BBerryBreeding
QUESTIONS?Acidity
2018 2019
Citra
Waldo
Reference: Emerald=0.65
Dotted line= 1.0 recommended maximum acid acceptability (Hancock 2010)You can also read
