FUNDAMENTAL AND APPLIED BREEDING, POPULATION GENETICS AND QUANTITATIVE GENETICS DEPEND HEAVILY ON THE AVAILABILITY OF GENETIC MARKERS. BREEDERS CAN USE MARKERS FOR MARKER-ASSISTED SELECTION, OR THEY CAN BE USED BY POPULATION GENETICISTS TO INVESTIGATE THE ORIGIN, GENETIC DIVERSITY AND POPULATION STRUCTURE OF ALLELES. GENETICISTS ALSO USE MARKERS TO STUDY THE NONRANDOM ASSOCIATION OF MARKERS WITH GENES. THE USE OF GENOMIC RESOURCES SUCH AS MARKERS WAS STARTED IN MANY OTHER CROPS IN THE LATE 1980S WITH THE ADVENT OF ISOZYME MARKERS. IN EARLY-TO-MID 1990S DIFFERENT MARKER TYPES USING SEQUENCING AND TRANSCRIPTOME DATA WERE EXPLOITED. HOWEVER, THE USE OF THESE TOOLS IN BLUEBERRY BREEDING IS STILL IN ITS EARLY STAGES DUE TO VARIOUS REASONS INCLUDING LACK OF ADEQUATE FUNDING AND ENOUGH EXPERTISE IN THIS FIELD. THUS, OUR LONG-TERM GOAL IS TO IDENTIFY MARKERS LINKED TO DESIRABLE TRAITS AND TO ENABLE MARKER-ASSISTED SELECTION IN BLUEBERRY (VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM) BREEDING PROGRAMS.