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Creator:: Almutairi, Khalid F.
Abstract:: Drought and mandatory water restrictions are limiting the availability of irrigation water in many important blueberry growing regions and new strategies are needed to maintain yield and fruit quality with less water. Three potential options for reducing water use, including deficit irrigation, irrigation cut-offs, and crop thinning, were evaluated for...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Boonprasom, Pichaya
Abstract:: The goal of this research was to determine if controlled atmosphere (CA) storage could be used to extend the market period of fresh Pacific Northwest blueberries and to evaluate the effects different storage atmospheres have on fruit quality. Furthermore, this research also investigated heat and mass transfer characteristics during cooling...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: DeFrancesco, Joseph T.
Abstract:: To determine the effects of rate of nitrogen application and storage time on fruit quality of highbush blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum, L.), five rates of ammonium sulfate fertilizer were soil-applied in 1984 and 1985 to cvs. Bluecrop and Jersey. Fruit was harvested up to three times during the 1985 season and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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