Predicting weed and lowbush blueberry biomass using the point intercept method

Josée-Anne Lévesque; Robert L. Bradley; Mireille Bellemare; Jean Lafond; Maxime C. Paré

doi:10.1139/cjps-2017-0201

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Josée-Anne Lévesque,¹ Robert L. Bradley,² Mireille Bellemare,³ Jean Lafond,⁴ Maxime C. Paré^1,*

¹Département des sciences fondamentales, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Saguenay, QC G7H 2B1, Can
²Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada.
³Club Conseil Bleuet, Dolbeau-Mistassini, QC G8L 4W4, Canada.
⁴Soils and Crops Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Normandin, QC G8M

^*Corresponding author: Maxime C. Paré (email: maxime.pare@uqac.ca).

Abstract

Lowbush blueberry is an important crop in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec. Accurate evaluation of agronomic practices currently requires destructive sampling and loss of productive fields. We showed that the point intercept method is a rapid and reliable nondestructive alternative for predicting biomass and yield of lowbush blueberry and competing species.

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Josée-Anne Lévesque, Robert L. Bradley, Mireille Bellemare, Jean Lafond, and Maxime C. Paré "Predicting weed and lowbush blueberry biomass using the point intercept method," Canadian Journal of Plant Science 98(4), 967-970, (12 January 2018). https://doi.org/10.1139/cjps-2017-0201

Received: 26 June 2017; Accepted: 6 December 2017; Published: 12 January 2018