QUALITY IS JOB NO. 1BLUEBERRY GROWERS WANT 'POP'

摘要

ARECENT SURVEY OF U.S. blueberry growers show they believe ithe berries are going to needfirmer texture and better flavor, and those should be priorities for breeders, even more so than making them easier to grow."You would think growers would care more about production traits, such as saving on pesticides," says Massimo Iorizzo, Assistant Professor of Plant Genetics and Genomics at North Carolina State University, who led the survey. "I like it that they're placing a priority on fruit quality — it shows they care more about the end user, the consumer, more than themselves. Quality for blueberry and cranberry is key, the growers are emphasizing how important."