Effect of Organic Material on Soil Properties, Plant Growth, Leaf Photosynthesis, Nutrient Uptake and Mycorrhizal Infection of Blueberries

Li, Y.; XueDong, Tang; Wang, Lin; Zhang, Z.

doi:10.17660/actahortic.2006.715.56

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“…Blueberries are calcifuges and typically found on podzolic soils that are considered infertile to other crops (Sanderson et al 1996) with soil pH in the vicinity of 4.0 to 5.5 (Hall et al 1964). Several studies have shown that peat application, like mulch or soil amendment before planting, increase plant productivity (Spiers 1986, Starast et al 2002, Li et al 2006, Ochmian et al 2006, Xie and Wu 2009, Ancu et al 2010. Peat is a very acidic organic material that improves soil condition and therefore influences significantly leaf photosynthesis, nutrient uptake, root activity, and mycorrhizal infection of blueberry plants.…”

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Influence of soil type on half-highbush blueberry productivity

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The aim of the present study was to determine the influence of mineral and peat soil condition on the growth, yield and nutrient uptake of some half-highbush blueberry cultivars. The peat soil experimental site was located in a harvested (milled) peat field. Four half-highbush blueberry (Vaccinium spp.) cultivars (five- and six-year-old plants) were used in the experiment: ‘Aino’, ‘Alvar’, ‘Arne’, and ‘Northblue’. Environmental conditions exercised a considerable influence on biological processes of half-highbush blueberry, at the same time, a genotype-based variation was observed. Cultivar ‘Northblue’ had a higher yield in mineral soil and ‘Aino’ had the highest yield in peat soil considering the average of two years. The peat soil condition in the harvested peat field provided a better supply of nutrients for blueberry bushes compared to mineral soil and this, in its turn, secured better growth and a higher yield of blueberry bushes.

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