Common Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)
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#Bilberry #Vaccinium #Berries #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Fruit #Foraging #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography

Exobasidium vaccinii ex Vaccinium vitis-idaea

#Vacciniumvitisidaea #Vaccinium #Preiselbeere #cowberry #Airellerouge #mirtillorosso #arándanorojo #Exobasidiumvaccinii #Exobasidium #PreiselbeerNacktbasidie #smut #smutfungus #Brandpilz #Brand #fungus #fungi #pilz #pilze #nature #FungiFriends

Exobasidium pachysporum ex Vaccinium uliginosum

#Vacciniumuliginosum #Vaccinium #Rauschbeere #bogbilberry #Myrtilledesmarais #mirtilloblu #Exobasidiumpachysporum #Exobasidium #Smutfungus #Brandpilz #Pilz #Fungus #Phytopathology #FungiFriends #Nature

Blueprint for #blueberry improvement: #Genetic and #epigenetic discoveries.

#agriculture #Vaccinium #VcTBL44 #CHH_DMR #transposons

https://phys.org/news/2024-08-blueprint-blueberry-genetic-epigenetic-discoveries.html

#Jagodzianka (a traditional #Polish bun with #bilberries, #Vaccinium myrtillus, that is currently very hyped in #Poland, similarly to #cardamom buns in #Copenhagen) and #zakwas buraczany diluted with water

Common Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)
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#Bilberry #Vaccinium #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #Florespondence #Bloomscrolling #CCBYSA #Plant #Plants #Flowers #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography

Exobasidium vaccinii ex Vaccinium vitis-idaea

#Vacciniumvitisidaea #Vaccinium #Preiselbeere #cowberry #Airellerouge #mirtillorosso #arándanorojo
#Exobasidiumvaccinii #Exobasidium #PreiselbeerNacktbasidie #smut #smutfungus #Brandpilz #Brand #fungus #fungi #pilz #pilze #nature

First report on #telomere_to_telomere gap-free reference #genome of wild #blueberry.

#phylogenomics #Vaccinium

https://phys.org/news/2023-11-telomere-to-telomere-gap-free-genome-wild-blueberry.html

Western honey bee distracted from blueberry inflorescence by sunflower. #HoneyBee #ApisMellifera #IntroducedSpecies #NonNative #BeeKeeping #bees #blueberry #vaccinium #pollination #npr #entomology #bees

[Blueberry flowers courtesy CC image by JaneDoughnut on Flickr.]

Furthermore, Western honey bees quickly lose interest in blueberries when other types of plants are in flower (cue the Distracted Boyfriend meme). Here's a quote from Suzanne Batra: "... honey bees do not prefer blueberry flowers, and they may depart for more favored hosts, within their foraging range." #HoneyBee #ApisMellifera #IntroducedSpecies #NonNative #BeeKeeping #bees #blueberry #vaccinium #pollination #npr #entomology #bees

Batra, S.W.T. 1997. Solitary bees for Vaccinium pollination. Acta Horticulturae 446:71-76. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332522669_Solitary_bees_for_vaccinium_pollination

National Public Radio aired a segment on July 3rd that implied blueberries are completely reliant on Western honey bees. That is false. Blueberries are native to North America and are pollinated quite well, thank you, by native bumble bees and solitary bees. And growers who pack their fields with hives of (non-native) Western honey bees likely contribute to the decline of these indigenous pollinators. #HoneyBee #ApisMellifera #IntroducedSpecies #NonNative #BeeKeeping #bees #blueberry #vaccinium #pollination #npr #entomology #bees

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/07/03/1185391513/honeybee-deaths-rose-last-year-heres-why-farmers-would-go-bust-without-bees

Actually did some #botany today! Getting into the #Vaccinium stamineum literature, in prep for an expedition to the wilds of Florida in April