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Wineberry

Crop Category

Fruits

Applicable Product

Description

Wineberry is a perennial shrub, grown for its edible fruits.

It is native to Japan, Korea and China.

Wineberry cultivation is found from New England and eastern Canada to North Carolina and west to Michigan and Tennessee.

Wineberry occurs along forests, fields, streams and wetland edges and in open woods, preferring moist habitats.

Taxonomic Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Rubus
Species: phoenicolasius

Economically Important Part

Fruit or berries are the most economically important part of Wineberry

Conditions for Cultivation

Wineberry is easily grown in a good well-drained loamy soil in sun or semi-shade, preferring light shade.

It is hardy to about -18°C, some damage may be caused at this temperature but plants usually recover well.

Wineberry can be cultivated in light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and prefers well-drained soil.

It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade.

It prefers moist soil.

Major Challenges

Biotic Causes:
- Major Pests: Two-spotted Mite, Dried Fruit Beetle, Looper Caterpillars, Thrips and Sawfly.
- Major Diseases: Gray Mold, Anthracnose, Yellow Rust, Septoria Leaf Spot and Phytophthora Root Rot.
Abiotic Causes:
- Chlorosis
- Necrosis

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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