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Saskatoon Berry

Crop Category

Fruits

Applicable Product

Description

Saskatoon berry is a deciduous native shrub, grown for its berries.

It is also known as Service Berry, June Berry and Shadbush.

Saskatoon Berries are native to North America, growing wild from Alaska to Maine.

Saskatoon cultivation is mostly in Canadian Prairies, Northern Canada, British Columbia, the Northwestern, North Central United States and Alaska.

Taxonomic Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Amelanchier
Species: alnifolia

Economically Important Part

Fruits are the most economically important part of Saskatoon Berry

Conditions for Cultivation

Full sun to full shade cultivars grown for fruit will produce best in full sun.

Saskatoon Berry cultivation is best in loam soils and tolerates sand and clay.

Does best in lightly moist to moist soils.

Needs well-drained soils, avoid wet, poorly drained soils.

Soil pH varies from 5.5 to 7.0 and can tolerates higher pH.

Major Challenges

Biotic Causes:
- Major Pests: Saskatoon Sawfly, Apple Curculio, Rose Chafer, Japanese Beetle and Saskatoon Bud Moth.
- Major Diseases: Entomosporium Leaf and Berry Spot, Saskatoon Juniper Rust, Brown Fruit Rot, Cytospora Canker and Powdery Mildew.
Abiotic Causes:
- Cold injury

Crop Schedule

Crop Stage	Products	Dosage	Method Of Application	Benefits
Inorganic Fertilizer	Geoxol.COM	50-100 g / plant	Soil Application	Rejuvenates soil for sustainable growth of crops
Organic fertilizer after stress	Mycoxol4G	10 g per liter of water	Soil Drenching	Reduces incidence of soil borne diseases, improves availability of phosphorous and other micronutrients
Deficiency of Zinc	Nutrin Zn	650 g / hectare / application, if soil Zn (less than 0.6ppm),repeat application is recommended based on deficiency	Foliar Application	Corrects Zinc deficiency
Deficiency of Iron	Nutrin Fe	650 g / hectare / application, if soil Fe (less than 4.5 ppm),repeat application is recommended based on deficiency	Foliar Application	Corrects Iron deficiency
Bud break	Nutrifight	2 g per liter of water	Foliar Application	Reduces incidence of diseases
Vegetative sprouting	Silixol	2 ml per liter of water	Foliar Application	Triggers metabolic activities
Pre flowering	CalSi-B++	1 g per liter of water	Foliar Application	Optimizes nutrient requirement
Fruit Setting	Silixol	2 ml per liter of water	Foliar Application	Reduces physiological fruit dropping
Fruit Development 2	CalSi-B++	1 g per liter of water	Foliar Application	Facilitates fruit development
Fruit Development 2	Nutrifight	2 g per liter of water	Foliar Application	Reduces incidence of diseases
Fruit Development 2	Nutrin Combo	1-2 ml per liter of water	Foliar Application	Optimizes nutrient requirement
Fruit Development 2	CalSi-B++	1 g per liter of water	Foliar Application	Facilitates fruit development
Fruit Ripening	Silixol	2 ml per liter of water	Foliar Application	Improves quality and quantity of produce
Pruning (after harvest)	Nutrifight	2 g per liter of water	Foliar Application	Reduces incidence of diseases

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