Domesticating huckleberries - AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST
Idaho’s state fruit isn’t commercially produced, nor are there any domesticated huckleberry varieties available.
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UI working to domesticate huckleberries
For the past few years, University of Idaho Professor Stephen Cook, head of the Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology and Nematology, has been working to overcome significant hurdles to huckleberry propagation. Cook is in his fourth and final year of USDA-funded research to organically protect greenhouse-raised huckleberry starts from a destructive pest called the black vine weevil. Additionally, Cook is studying ways to boost survival when those potted plants are transplanted into residential yards or back into the wild.
Source: bonnercountydailybee.com
U of I researcher lending a helping hand to Idaho's state fruit
Idaho’s state fruit isn’t commercially produced, nor are there any domesticated huckleberry varieties available.
Source: idahopress.com
U of I researcher lending a helping hand to Idaho's state fruit
Idaho’s state fruit isn’t commercially produced, nor are there any domesticated huckleberry varieties available.
Source: kpvi.com
THE WILD HUCKLEBERRY: Researchers study iconic berry that hasn't been domesticated
The huckleberry is an enigma among berries. Though it is popular, it has never been domesticated. Research on cultivating huckleberries has lagged since 2010, when the University of Idaho ended
Source: eastoregonian.com