FARM FOCUS - Recent weed survey can benefit wild blueberry growers

Lowbush blueberries (Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.) are an economically important fruit crop in Canada, and Nova Scotia is one of the most important production regions. Weed management in this perennial monoculture is difficult, and weeds contribute to a significant variation in annual yields.

Weed surveys provide the quantitative information on weed community composition required for developing sustainable integrated weed management strategies. From the early 1980s to the early 2000s, the number of weed species in lowbush blueberry fields doubled to more than 200. However, the quantitative data on recent shifts in the weed flora of lowbush blueberry fields has been lacking. 

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