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    Approaches to biotechnology of Vaccinium cultivation from mycological viewpoint and value for medicine
    (National Aviation University, 2021-04) Yukhnenko, Marina; Юхненко, Марина
    Berries producing plants of the genus Vaccinium are well known and have long been used as a food and medicinal plants. They are classified in the family Ericaceae and numbers about 500 species through the world. Native for the territory of Ukraine are small-fruited cranberries (Vaccinium microcarpum), bilberries (V. myrtillus), marsh cranberries (V. oxycoccos), blueberries (V. uliginosum) and lingonberries (V. vitis-idaea). Some species of Vaccinium are cultivated on plantations and introduction of alien species, as large cranberry (V. macrocarpon) from North America, take place. Plants of the genus Vaccinium are of boreal origin and are generally grown on naturally acidic soils, with optimal pH of 4-5.5, though pH of 2.5-6.5 is acceptable, with high organic matter content and sufficient amount of moisture in the soil. These plants do not tolerate alkaline soils, which cause a complete cessation of growth and death. The ability of Vaccinium to grow on acidic soils is due to symbiosis with fungi in the form of mycorrhiza, when plant species is engaged in mutualistic relationships with fungus that colonize the roots. A single plant species can have several to hundred species of associated mycorrhizal fungi.