Identifying Blackberry Cultivars by Seed Structure

Sugae Wada, PhD, Hiroyuki Nonogaki, PhD and Barbara M. Reed, PhD
EM 9002 | Published June 2010, Reviewed 2023

Summary

The ability to correctly identify cultivars of commercially produced blackberry fruit is important to the industry. This manual gives growers and processors a first step in identifying blackberry cultivars by the seeds of their fruit. It includes 17 commercially grown blackberry cultivars.

About the authors

Sugae Wada, PhD
Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University
Hiroyuki Nonogaki, PhD
Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University
Barbara M. Reed, PhD
USDA Agricultural Research Service, National Clonal Germplasm Repository

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