Evaluation of terbacil-based herbicide treatments for hair fescue (Festuca filiformis) management in lowbush blueberry
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DOI: 10.1017/wet.2020.123
Abstract: Abstract Hair fescue is a common tuft-forming perennial grass weed that reduces yields and hinders mechanical harvest in lowbush blueberry fields. PRE terbacil applications traditionally controlled hair fescue but currently only provide suppression in most… read more here.
Keywords: hair fescue; terbacil; lowbush blueberry;
Weed Survey of Nova Scotia Lowbush Blueberry (Vaccinium Angustifolium Ait.) Fields
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DOI: 10.1080/15538362.2021.1890674
Abstract: Weed surveys provide the basis for weed management research in lowbush blueberry, but have not been conducted in Nova Scotia since 2001. Documented declines in herbicide efficacy, loss and/or acqui... read more here.
Keywords: weed survey; lowbush blueberry; nova scotia;
Predicting weed and lowbush blueberry biomass using the point intercept method
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DOI: 10.1139/cjps-2017-0201
Abstract: Abstract: Lowbush blueberry is an important crop in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec. Accurate evaluation of agronomic practices currently requires destructive sampling and loss of productive fields. We showed that the point intercept method is… read more here.
Keywords: intercept method; blueberry; point intercept; lowbush blueberry ... See more keywords
“We’re Farmers, Not Beekeepers”: a Cultural Model of Pollination Management Among Lowbush Blueberry Growers in the United States and Canada
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DOI: 10.17730/1938-3525-82.2.107
Abstract: In this article, we present a cultural model of lowbush blueberry growers’ pollination management. Through content analysis of semi-structured interviews with growers in Maine, United States, and Prince Edward Island, Canada, we identify a shared,… read more here.
Keywords: lowbush blueberry; management; model; cultural model ... See more keywords