The oligophagous cranberry weevil, Anthonomus musculus Say, causes economic losses to blueberry growers in New Jersey because females deposit eggs into developing ßower buds and subsequent larval feeding damages buds, which fail to produce fruit. A cost-effective and reliable method is needed for monitoring this pest to correctly time insecticide applications. We studied the behavioral and ante...

The oligophagous cranberry weevil, Anthonomus musculus Say, causes economic losses to blueberry growers in New Jersey because females deposit eggs into developing flower buds and subsequent larval feeding damages buds, which fail to produce fruit. A cost-effective and reliable method is needed for monitoring this pest to correctly time insecticide applications. We studied the behavioral and ant...

Early developmental events influence the fine tuning of later susceptibility to adult diseases. Diet is a determinant of breast cancer risk, and our previous studies showed that diet-mediated changes in transcriptional programs promote early mammary gland differentiation. Although consumption of fruits is considered to elicit multiple health benefits, little is known on whether associated bioac...

Carbonated and noncarbonated, sweetened blueberry flavored milks were evaluated by a trained panel. The effect of carbonation and sweetener type (sucrose, high fructose corn syrup, aspartame, and pear concentrate) on flavor properties was measured. Carbonation enhanced the sensory rating of overall flavor intensity, sweetness, and blueberry flavor. Sweetener type had a significant effect on the...

Diachasma alloeum (Muesebeck) is a braconid parasitoid of Rhagoletis mendax Curran and Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh). Laboratory choice tests using a Y-tube olfactometer compared behavioral responses of D. alloeum to various olfactory stimuli. More than 25% of naïve D. alloeum females, never having experienced R. mendax or blueberries, were ‘innately’ attracted to volatiles emitted from uninfest...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Studies of the effects of pollination on floral scent and bee visitation remain rare, particularly in agricultural crops. To fill this gap, the hypothesis that bee visitation to flowers decreases after pollination through reduced floral volatile emissions in highbush blueberries, Vaccinium corymbosum, was tested. Other sources of variation in floral emissions and the role of...

We investigated whether a 2-month dietary supplementation of antioxidants, in the form of blueberry phytochemicals, could reverse or retard the age-related decline in temporal processing speed observed in the aged rat. To this end, extracellular single unit responses to frequency modulated (FM) sweeps were recorded in the primary auditory cortex (AI) of aged rats that had been placed on either ...

OBJECTIVES To establish whether blueberry (Vaccinium ashei) and mulberry (Morus australis Poir) juice, anthocyanin rich fruit juice, may help counteract obesity. DESIGN And Methods: Four-week-old C57BL/6 mice were fed a high-fat diet (HFD) with or without blueberry and mulberry juice for 12 weeks. Body weight, serum and hepatic lipids, liver and adipose tissues morphology, insulin and leptin ...

Anthocyanins from highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) have tremendous potential as natural colorants and functional food with pharmaceutical purposes in food applications. To exploit the potential for food applications, the stability and antioxidant activity of anthocyanins present in blueberries have been studied. The results indicate that anthocyanins from blueberry were stable again...

This study investigated the biological activities of 70% methanol extracts from black chokeberry and blueberry by measuring DPPH, superoxide anion and ABTS radical scavenging activities, metal chelating effect, reducing power, and nitrite scavenging activity. Extraction yields of black chokeberry and blueberry were 62.90% and 67.09%, respectively. Total polyphenol and total flavonoid contents w...