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2021 IFTA Virtual Conference

Due to the length of the presentations – each session will have multiple chapters, however if you hit play at the beginning it will play through the full session. Monday February 22Monday Morning Session:  Know Your Farm Financials Monday Afternoon…

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2022 IFTA PA Annual Conference Videos – February 13-15 – Hershey, PA

Follow the links below and input the password: IFTA2022PA February 13, 2022 Morning Session: Starting the Orchard Off Right  Morning Session 1 A Morning Session 1 B Afternoon Session: Technology Updates Afternoon Session 2A Afternoon Session 2B February 15, 2022…

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Research Report: New Training Systems, Spacings and Rootstocks for Eastern Sweet and Tart Cherry Growers

Project Leader    Terence Robinson  635 W. North Street, Dept. of Horticulture, Cornell AgriTech, Cornell University,  Geneva, NY 14456 One Sentence Summary: High-density sweet cherry orchards are more productive and profitable than low-density orchards. Abstract: The UFO and the Tall Spindle high density…

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Research Report: Evaluation of the Cornell-Geneva Apple Rootstocks and Other Promising Apple Rootstocks.

Terence Robinson, Dept. of Horticulture, New York State Ag. Exp. Station, Geneva, NY  14456-0462,  Phone: 315-787-2227, E-mail:  tlr1@cornell.edu One Sentence Summary: Rootstocks affect tree cold hardiness, tree survival, yield and bitter pit incidence but also have a large impact on total crop value over…

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Research Report: Advanced Peach/Nectarine Rootstocks and Planar Orchard Systems

Project Leader: Gregory A. Lang Progress: (comprehensive but brief narrative, progress, results to date, and challenges encountered) Year 1 (2021) of a Three-Year Duration Project (2021-2023): In 2017, we began the next phase of a multi-pronged approach to develop new stone fruit…

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Research Report: 2014 “Honeycrisp” Rootstock Trials – Report for 2020 Data

November 4-5, 2021 John A. Cline, University of Guelph jcline@uoguelph.ca 2020 was the 7th year of the 2014 NC-140 Apple Rootstock Trials. Rootstocks included in this experiment are listed below. All data presented in this report were collected in 2020 and…

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Research Report: IFTA 2021 Report of Pear Activities

T. Einhorn einhornt@msu.edu 1. The 2013 pear training/rootstock/spacing trial completed its 9th season. Cooperator sites include OR (T. Einhorn), CA (R. Elkins), and NY (T. Robinson). The experiment is a factorial design and evaluates three factors (1) rootstock- OH×F87, OH×F69 and Pyro…

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Research Report: 2017-planted Tart Cherry Rootstock Trial

The trees for coordinated ‘Montmorency’ tart cherry rootstock evaluation trials for potential over-the-row (OTR) mechanical harvester production were established in 2017 at two sites: the MSU Northwest Michigan Horticultural Research Center near Suttons Bay and at the Southwest Michigan Research…

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Research Report: 2014 ‘Aztec Fuji’ Rootstock Trial- Reporting for 2020 Data

November 4-5, 2021John A. Cline, University of Guelph jcline@uoguelph.ca 2021 was the 8th year of the 2014 NC-140 Apple Rootstock Trials. Rootstocks included in this experiment are listed below. Data presented in this report were collected in 2020 and analyzed by the…

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Research Report: 2017 NC-140 Semi-Dwarf Peach Rootstock Trial

Data Report (2021) Ioannis S. Minas Colorado State University Summary Eight semi-dwarf and standard vigor Prunus rootstocks budded with ‘Cresthaven’ peach wereplanted at 10 locations in North America (nine in U.S. and one in Canada) in 2017 (Table 1 &…

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