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Juneberries/SaskatoonsNative selections – graduate student

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“Poor man’s blueberry”

• Saskatoon

– Simpler flavor profile

(benzaldehyde)

– Short shelf life

– Retain shape and

texture when frozen

– High antioxidant

– Prairies of Canada,

Alaska, North

Dakota

• Blueberry

– Complex flavor

(heptanal, octanal.

Nonanal, etc.)

– Short shelf life

– Retain shape and

texture when frozen

– High antioxidant

– Canada, US,

Australia, New

Zealand, Chile, and

Europe

Ritz, 1991

Height

• Tallest in Absaraka

– ND 18-1 (1.9 m)

– ND 71-1 (1.6 m)

– ND 9-1 (1.5 m)

• Shortest in Absaraka

– Regent (1.1 m)

– Northline (1.1 m)

– ND 1-4 (1.1 m)

• Tallest in Williston

– ND 18-1 (1.9 m)

– ND 71-1 (1.6 m)

– ND 9-1 (1.5 m)

• Shortest in Williston

– Regent (1.1 m)

– Northline (1.1 m)

– ND 1-4 (1.2 m)

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Variety

Mean

marketable

weight

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ND 1-2 1768a

ND 1-7 1653ab

ND 1-4 1611ab

ND 48-2 1609ab

ND 1-6 1605ab

ND 9-1 1574b

Success 1375c

ND 1-5 1275c

Parkhill 1043d

Regent 1035d

ND 71-1 937d

Buffalo 708e

ND 18-1 661ef

ND 15-2 540efg

ND 16-1 483fg

Par90 471fgh

ND 12-1 463gh

ND 41-1 383ghi

JB30 381ghi

Honeywood 365ghi

ND 17-2 283hij

ND 5-1 231ijk

Kelner 149jk

Northline 77k

Blackberry research

• Primocane cultivar evaluation under

three environments - graduate student

• Floricane cultivar evaluation using four

row covers – graduate student

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Floricane Blackberry Production

Cultivar and row cover fruit production averaged over the 2015 and 2016 growing seasons.

Yield Fruit Weight SSz pHY

Cultivar -----g----- -----#----- -----g----- ----%---- -log[H+]

Apache 58.3 cx 13.9 c 3.47 ab 9.74 b 2.61 d

Arapaho 68.1 c 24.6 c 2.12 d 9.84 b 2.87 a

Chester Thornless 262.2 ab 87.4 ab 2.96 bc 9.65 bc 2.64 cd

Doyle's Thornless 27.2 c 12.7 c 2.03 d 8.70 de 2.46 e

Kiowa 110.0 bc 17.5 c 3.88 a 8.81 cd 2.66 bcd

Illini Hardy 383.2 a 116.2 a 2.75 c 7.93 e 2.68 bcd

Natchez 63.8 c 13.8 c 3.83 a 10.28 ab 2.70 bcd

Osage 6.6 c 2.3 c 2.99 abc 10.22 ab n/a W

Ouachita 85.5 bc 23.1 c 3.14 abc 10.60 a 2.72 bc

Triple Crown 134.5 bc 36.9 bc 3.07 abc 9.63 bc 2.75 b

Row Cover

BPCv 65.7 b 16.9 b 3.50 a 9.40 a n/a W

BPS 44.0 b 15.5 b 2.86 b 9.58 a 2.66 a

TBC 305.1 a 85.2 a 3.06 b 9.51 a 2.71 a

TB 64.9 b 21.7 b 2.68 b 9.68 a 2.70 a

Z Concentration of total soluble solids.

Y A logarithmic measure of hydrogen ion concentration.

X Means with the same lower-case letter are not significant between columns for cultivars or row covers based on a pairwise t-

test atα≤0.05.

W n/a= not applicable, not enough fruit harvested or too many missing data points to produce estimate..

V Abbreviations for the row cover treatments: BPC = black plastic with corn stover, BPS = black plastic with straw, TBC =

thermal blanket with corn stover, and TB = thermal blanket.

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Cultivar differences within each environment on total yield and number of berries.

Number of Berries Total Yield (g)

High Tunnel Prime-Ark®45 33.8 ns 208.7 ns

Prime-Ark®Freedom 32.0 ns 431.9 ns

Prime-Jan® 56.0 ns 260.2 ns

Prime-Jim® 82.3 ns 318.3ns

Silver Mulch Prime-Ark®45 21.8 abz 131.0 ns

Prime-Ark®Freedom 4.4 b 31.2 ns

Prime-Jan® 24.4 ab 110.6 ns

Prime-Jim® 52.4 a 217.2 ns

Tipping Method

Control 36.1 a 172.6 a

Single-Tip 38.0 a 177.8 a

Double-Tip 3.3 b 17.1 b

Bare Soil Prime-Ark®45 4.0 ns 23.3 ns

Prime-Ark®Freedom 11.3 ns 110.3 ns

Prime-Jan® 21.9 ns 127.4 ns

Prime-Jim® 14.8 ns 83.5 nszMeans within the same column and same environment/tipping method followed by the same letter are not significantly different, P>0.05. ns=non-

significant.

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Potato Trials

• Evaluate potential danger from glyphosate drift.

• Glyphosate + dicamba– graduate student.

Materials and Methods

– Potato: Atlantic (most popular chipping cv)

• 9 herbicide doses– Simulated drift at tuber initiation growth stage

– Glyphosate 0.2, 0.04, 0.007 lb/A (5, 1, 0.2 oz/A)

– Dicamba 0.09, 0.02, 0.004 lb/A (2.8, 0.6, 0.1 oz/A)

– Combinations

– Untreated

– Two locations (Oakes and Inkster)

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Potato Yield

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Untrt Gly 224 Gly 45 Gly 7.8 Dic 101 Dic 22 Dic 4.5 G+D high G+D med G+D low

Yie

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Mg

/ha

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Yie

ld (

Mg

/ha

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0-112 g 113-169 g 170-339 g >340 g Total Market

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BB

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AB

BAB AB

Marketable Yield

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Max./Min. Air Temperatures

Residues in Daughter Tubers

Dicamba Glyphosate

Inkster Oakes Inkster Oakes

------------------------ ppb -------------------------

Dicamba + Glyphosate 0.05+0.1 0 0 0 0

Dicamba + Glyphosate 0.25+0.5 75 0 21 0

Dicamba + Glyphosate 0.5+1 115 0 50 19