Yield variation among clones of lowbush blueberry as a function of genetic similarity and self-compatibility

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 259-270

  Bell, Daniel J ^a   Rowland, Lisa J ^a   Stommel, John ^a   Drummond, Frank A ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Combining ability; Diallel; EST PCR; Genetic load; Heritability; Vaccinium angustifolium

Indexed keywords

VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM;

EID: 77953331380     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.135.3.259     Document Type: Article

References (68)

1. Aalders, L.E. and I.V. Hall1961. Pollen incompatibility and fruit set in lowbush blueberries. Can. J. Genet. Cytol. 3:300-307.
2. Aras, P., D. de Oliveira, and L. Savoie. 1996. Effect of a honeybee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) gradient on the pollination and yield of lowbush blueberry. J. Econ. Entomol. 89:1080-1083.
3. Bell, D.J. 2009. Spatial and genetic factors influencing yield in lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium) in Maine. PhD Diss., Univ. of Maine, School of Biological Sciences, Orono, ME.
4. Bell, D.J., L.J. Rowland, J.J. Polashock, and F.A. Drummond. 2008. Suitability of EST-PCR markers developed in highbush blueberry for genetic fingerprinting and relationship studies in lowbush blueberry and related species. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 133:701-707.
5. Bell, D.J., L.J. Rowland, D. Zhang, and F.A. Drummond. 2009. The spatial genetic structure of lowbush blueberry, Vaccinium angustifolium, in four fields in Maine. Botany 87:932-946.
6. Bell, H.P. 1957. The development of the blueberry seed. Can. J. Bot. 35:139-153.
7. Burgher, K.L., A.R. Jamieson, and X. Lu. 2002. Genetic relationships among lowbush blueberry genotypes as determined by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 127:98-103.
8. Busbice, T.H. 1968. Effects of inbreeding on fertility in Medicago sativa. Crop Sci. 8:231-234.
9. Cockerham, C.C. and B.S. Weir. 1977. Quadratic analyses of reciprocal crosses. Biometrics 33:187-203.
10. Cho, E., J.M. Seddon, B. Rosner, W.C. Willett, and S.E. Hankinson. 2004. Prospective study of intake of fruits, vegetables, vitamins, and carotenoids and risk of age-related maculopathy. Arch. Ophthalmol. 122:883-892.
11. Dice, L.R. 1945. Measures of the amount of ecological association between species. Ecology 26:297-302.
12. Drummond, F.A. 2000. History of insect pest management for lowbush blueberries in Maine. Trends Entomol. 3:23-32.
13. Drummond, F.A. 2002. Honeybees and blueberry pollination. University of Maine, Wild Blueberry Bul. No. 629.
14. Eaton, E.L. 1967. The relationship between seed number and berry weight in open pollinated highbush blueberries. HortScience 2:14-15.
15. Frankham, R., J.D. Ballou, and D.A. Brisco. 2002. Introduction to conservation genetics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
16. Franklin, E.C. 1972. Genetic load in loblolly pine. Amer. Nat. 106:262-265.
17. Griffing, B. 1956. Concept of general and specific combining ability in relation to diallel crossing systems. Aust. J. Biol. Sci. 9:463-493.
18. Haldane, J.B.S. 1930. Theoretical genetics of autopolyploids. J. Genet. 22:359-372.
19. Hall, I.V., L.E. Aalders, N.L. Nickerson, and S.P. Vander Kloet. 1979. The biological flora of Canada. 1. Vaccinium angustifolium, sweet lowbush blueberry. Can. Field-Naturalist 93:415-430.
20. Hallauer, A.R. and J.B. Miranda. 1988. Quantitative genetics in maize breeding. 2nd Ed. Iowa State University Press, Ames, IA.
21. Hayman, B.I. 1954. The theory and analysis of diallel crosses. Genetics 39:789-809.
22. Hellman, E.W. and J.N. Moore. 1983. Effect of genetic relationship to pollinizer on fruit, seed, and seedling parameters in highbush and rabbiteye blueberries. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 108: 401-405.
23. Hepler, P.R. and D.E. Yarborough. 1991. Natural variability in yield of lowbush blueberry. HortScience 26:245-246.
24. Hokanson, K. and J. Hancock. 1993. The common lowbush blueberry, Vaccinium angustifolium, may be an autopolyploid. Can. J. Plant Sci. 73:889-891.
25. Hokanson, K. and J. Hancock. 2000. Early-acting inbreeding depression in three species of Vaccinium (Ericaceae). Sex. Plant Reprod. 13:145-150.
26. Jamieson, A.R. 2008a. Developing seed-propagated lowbush blueberry families. HortScience 43:1686-1689.
27. Jamieson, A.R. 2008b. 'Novablue', a seed-propagated lowbush blueberry family. HortScience 43:1902-1903.
28. Kalt, W., J.A. Joseph, and B. Shukitt-Hale. 2007. Blueberries and human health: A review of the current research. J. Amer. Pomol. Soc. 61:151-160.
29. Klekowski, E.J. 1988. Mutation, developmental selection, and plant evolution. Columbia University Press, New York, NY.
30. Klekowski, E.J. and P.J. Godfrey. 1989. Aging and mutation in plants. Nature 340:389-391.
31. Krebs, S.L. and J. Hancock. 1990. Early-acting inbreeding depression and reproductive success in the highbush blueberry, Vaccinium corymbosum L. Theor. Appl. Genet. 79:825-832.
32. Krebs, S.L. and J.F. Hancock. 1988. The consequences of inbreeding on fertility in Vaccinium corymbosum L. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 113:914-918.
33. Krebs, S.L. and J.F. Hancock. 1991. Embryonic genetic load in the highbush blueberry, Vaccinium corymbosum (Ericaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 78:1427-1437.
34. Levin, D.A. 1984. Inbreeding depression and proximity-dependent crossing success in Phlox drummondii. Evolution 38:116-127.
35. Lipow, S.R. and R. Wyatt. 1999. Diallel crosses reveal patterns of variation in fruit-set, seed mass, and seed number in Asclepias incarnata. Heredity 83:310-318.
36. Lyrene, P.M. 1983. Inbreeding depression in rabbiteye blueberries. HortScience 18:226-227.
37. Morton, N.E., J.F. Crow, and H.J. Muller. 1956. An estimate of mutational damage in man from consanguineous marriages. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 42:855-863.
38. Myra, M., K. MacKenzie, and S.P. Vander Kloet. 2004. Investigation of a possible sexual function specialization in the lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton. Ericaceae). Small Fruits Rev. 3: 313-324.
39. Nei, M. and W.H. Li. 1979. Mathematical model for studying genetic variation in terms of restriction endonucleases. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 76:5269-5273.
40. Nuortila, C., J. Tuomi, J. Aspi, and K. Laine. 2006. Early-acting inbreeding depression in a clonal dwarf shrub, Vaccinium myrtillus, in a northern boreal forest. Ann. Bot. Fenn. 43:36-48.
41. Nuortila, C., J. Tuomi, and K. Laine. 2002. Inter-parent distance affects reproductive success in two clonal dwarf shrubs, Vaccinium myrtillus and Vaccinium vitis-idaea (Ericaceae). Can. J. Plant Sci. 80:875-884.
42. Ortiz, R. and A. Golmirzaie. 2002. Hierarchical and factorial mating designs for quantitative genetic analysis in tetrasomic potato. Theor. Appl. Genet. 104:675-679.
43. Park, Y.S. and D.P. Fowler. 1982. Effects of inbreeding and genetic variances in a natural population of tamarack [Larix laricina (Du Roi) K.Koch] in eastern Canada. Silvae Genet. 31:21-26.
44. Quimio, C.A. and F.J. Zapata. 1990. Diallel analysis for combining ability over several environments. Indian J. Genet. Plant Breed. 33: 469-481.
45. Rimando, A.M., W. Kalt, J.B. Magee, J. Dewey, and J. Ballington. 2004. Resveratrol, pterostilbene, and piceatannol in Vaccinium berries. J. Agr. Food Chem. 52:4713-4719.
46. Rowland, L.J., A.L. Dhanaraj, J.J. Polashock, and R. Arora. 2003a. Utility of blueberry-derived EST-PCR primers in related Ericaceae species. HortScience 38:1428-1432.
47. Rowland, L.J., S. Mehra, A. Dhanaraj, E.L. Ogden, and R. Arora. 2003b. Identification of molecular markers associated with cold tolerance in blueberry. Acta Hort. 625:59-69.
48. Rowland, L.J., S. Mehra, A. Dhanaraj, E.L. Ogden, J.P. Slovin, and M.K. Ehlenfeldt. 2003c. Development of EST-PCR markers for DNA fingerprinting and genetic relationship studies in blueberry (Vaccinium, section Cyanococcus). J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 128: 682-690.
49. Seavy, S.R. and K.S. Bawa. 1986. Late-acting self-incompatibility in angiosperms. Bot. Rev. 52:195-219.
50. Shattuck, V.I., B. Christie, and C. Corso. 1993. Principles for Griffing's combining ability analysis. Genetica 90:73-77.
51. Sneath, P.H.A. and R.R. Sokal. 1973. Numerical taxonomy. Freeman, San Francisco, CA.
52. Sorensen, F. 1969. Embryonic genetic load in coastal douglas fir, Pseuodotsuga menziesii var. menziesii. Amer. Nat. 103:389-398.
53. Strik, B. 2006. Blueberry production and research trends in North America. Acta Hort. 715:173-183.
54. Turner, M.E., J.C. Stephens, and W.W. Anderson. 1982. Homozygosity and patch structure in plant populations as a result of nearestneighbor pollination. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 79:203-207.
55. Vander Kloet, S.P. 1976. A comparison of the dispersal and seedling establishment of Vaccinium angustifolium (the lowbush blueberry) in Leeds County, Ontario and Pictou County, Nova Scotia. Can. Field-Naturalist 90:176-180.
56. Vander Kloet, S.P. 1978. Systematics, distribution, and nomenclature of the polymorphic Vaccinium angustifolium. Rhodora 80:358-376.
57. Vander Kloet, S.P. and P. Cabilio. 1996. Ten year study of the annual variation in berry and seed production in a population of Vaccinium corymbosum L. Amer. Midl. Nat. 135:349-356.
58. Widstrom, N.W., K. Bondari, and W.W. McMillian. 1992. Hybrid performance among maize populations selected for resistance to insects. Crop Sci. 32:85-89.
59. Willi, Y. and J. Van Buskirk. 2005. Genomic compatibility occurs over a wide range of parental genetic similarity in an outcrossing plant. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. 272:1333-1338.
60. Wolfe, K.L. and R.H. Liu. 2007. Cellular antioxidant activity (CAA) assay for assessing antixidants, foods, and dietary supplements. J. Agr. Food Chem. 55:896-907.
61. Wood, G.W. 1968. Self-fertility in the lowbush blueberry. Can. J. Plant Sci. 48:431-433.
62. Wright, A.J. 1985. Diallel designs, analyses, and reference populations. Heredity 54:307-311.
63. Yarborough, D. 2004. Factors contributing to the increase in productivity in the wild blueberry industry. Small Fruits Rev. 3:33-43.
64. Yarborough, D. 2009a. Wild blueberry fact sheet: Wild blueberry culture in Maine. Univ. Maine Coop. Ext. Fact Sheet No. 220.
65. Yarborough, D. 2009b. Wild blueberry crop statistics from 1924 to 2008. 1 Feb. 2010. .
66. Zar, J.H. 1999. Biostatistical analysis. 4th Ed. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.
67. Zhang, Y. and M.S. Kang. 1997. DIALLEL-SAS: A SAS program for Griffing's diallel analyses. Agron. J. 89:176-182.
68. Zhang, Y., M.S. Kang, and K.R. Lamkey. 2005. DIALLEL-SAS05: A comprehensive program for Griffings and Gardner-Eberhart analyses. Agron. J. 97:1097-1106.