Yield and nutritional quality of highbush blueberry genotypes trialled in a Mediterranean hot summer climate.

Luca MazzoniFrancesca BalducciLucia Di VittoriJessica ScalzoFranco CapocasaChuan-Fei ZhongTamara Y Forbes-HernandezFrancesca GiampieriMaurizio BattinoBruno Mezzetti

Published in: Journal of the science of food and agriculture (2020)

New cultivars and new genotypes able to satisfy the needs of different users, have been identified. The integration of germplasm evaluation with a tailored breeding program will help to create new cultivars that will be useful for the expansion of blueberry cultivation in hot Mediterranean summer climate conditions, which up to now have limited this crop. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry.

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