Faculty Directory - Yarborough
Dr. Dave Yarborough
Research Area: Weed Ecology, Blueberries
E-mail: davidy@maine.edu
Phone: 207-581-2923
Office: 414 Deering
Bio: Dr. Yarborough received his B.S. degree in 1975 and his M.S. in 1978 from the University of Maine. He received his Ph.D. from UMASS-Amherst in 1991. He joined the faculty in 1979 and is a Professor of Horticulture and Extension Blueberry Specialist.
My educational program stresses the use of best management practices and integrated crop management practices that will allow wild blueberries to retain its competitiveness with cultivated blueberries grown around the world.
Current Research and Extension Program: Research program emphasizes weed-crop ecology and weed-crop interaction using competition experiments and determining weed thresholds in wild blueberries in Maine. Data from these experiments have been used to develop a weed management approach to be used in an integrated management program to improve production efficiency of the wild blueberries. Our research program is now investigating new herbicides to control shifts in weed populations that have occurred over the past 20 years and to integrate cultural management practices into the weed management program. My Educational program stresses the use of best management practices and integrated crop management practices that will allow wild blueberries to retain its competitiveness with cultivated blueberries grown around the world.
Recent Publications
Yarborough, D.E. 2011. Establishment and Management of the Cultivated Lowbush Blueberry. International Journal of Fruit Science 11: In press.
Drummond, F., S. Annis, J.M. Smagula and D.E. Yarborough. 2011. Organic Lowbush Blueberry Research and Extension in Maine 11: In press.
McGovern, K., S. Annis, and D.E. Yarborough. 2011. Efficacy of organically acceptable materials for control of mummy berry disease on wild blueberries in Maine. International Journal of Fruit Science 11: In press.
Hunt, J.F., C.W. Honeycutt, G. Starr, D. Yarborough. 2010. Effect of Pine Bark Mulch on Lowbush Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium) Water Demand. International Journal of Fruit Science 10(4): 390-415.
Hunt, J.F., C.W. Honeycutt, G. Starr, and D. Yarborough. 2009. Influence of coastal proximity on the evapotranspiration rates and crop coefficients of Maine lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium). International Journalof Fruit Science 9(4):323-343.
Yarborough, D.E. 2009. Cultivated Lowbush Blueberry Establishment and Management. Journal of the Jilin Agricultural University 31(5): 556-560.
Drummond, F., S. Annis, J. M. Smagula and D.E. Yarborough. 2009. Organic Production of Wild Blueberries. I. Insects and Disease. Acta Horticulturae 810:275-286.
Smagula, J.M., D.E. Yarborough, F.A. Drummond, and S. Annis. 2009. Organic Production of Wild Blueberries II. Fertility and Weed Management. Acta Horticulturae 810:673-684.
Yarborough, D.E., J.M. Smagula, F.A. Drummond, and S. Annis. 2009. Organic Production of Wild Blueberries III. Fruit Quality. Acta Horticulturae 810:847-852.
Drummond, F., J. Smagula, S. Annis and D. Yarborough. 2009. Organic wild blueberry production. MAFES Technical Bulletin 852. University of Maine, Orono, ME. 48 pp.
Files, A.C., D. Yarborough, and F. Drummond. 2008. Grower Survey of Organic Pest Management Practices for Wild Blueberries in Maine with Case Studies. MAFES Miscellaneous Publication 759, University of Maine, Orono, ME. 33 pp.
Files, A.C., D. Yarborough, and F. Drummond. 2008. Economic Analysis of Organic Pest Management Strategies for Wild Blueberries Using Enterprise Budgeting. MAFES Technical Bulletin 198, University of Maine, Orono, ME. 12 pp.
Hunt, J.F., C.W. Honeycutt, G. Starr and D. Yarborough. 2008 Evapotranspiration Rates and Crop Coefficients for Lowbush Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium). International Journal of Fruit Science. 8(4) 282-298.
Perkins, B. L., D. Yarborough, K. Guthrie, and R. Bushway. 2006. Detection of Hexazinone in Maine’s Groundwater- A Nine Year Study. Acta Horticulturae 715:329-335, MAFES 2708.
Starr, G. C. and D. E. Yarborough. 2006. Influence of Vapor Deposition on Wild Blueberry Water Requirements in a Humid Coastal Climate. Acta Horticulturae 715:323-328, MAFES 2706.
Yarborough, D. E. 2006. Innovations in Weed Management in Wild Blueberry Fields in Maine. Acta Horticulturae 715:197-202, MAFES 2701.
Strik, B.C. and D.E. Yarborough. 2005. Blueberry Production Trends in North America- 1992 to 2003 & Predictions for Growth. HortTechnology 15(2) 391-398.
Updated: 19 May 2011