New UF blueberry variety machine-friendly
At an education session at January’s Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference, University of Florida (UF) Assistant Professor of Blueberry Breeding and Genomics Patricio Muñoz showed a list of blueberry varieties the university has released over the years. Those 21 blueberry varieties have many different characteristics, but one of the new releases is unlike its predecessors. That’s a lot of new blueberry varieties! #SERFVC pic.twitter.com/oFu40cXQu7 — Fruit Growers News (@FGNews) January 12, 2018 Optimus, released in 2017, is UF’s first variety developed for machin... moreLatest News
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