International Fruit Tree Association

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IFTA 2025 Annual Meeting, Rochester, NY

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February 16, 2025 - February 19, 2025

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IFTA California Summer Study Tour – July 16-18, 2024

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July 15 @ 6:00 pm - July 18 @ 6:00 pm

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2024 IFTA Annual Conference Presentations

March 19, 2024

IFTA 2024 Annual Conference – February 12-14 2024 Bridging the Gap Between Information and Action

Research Report: Fruiting Wall Production Systems for Apricots and Nectarines

July 21, 2021

Gregory A. Lang Year 6 (2019) of a Six-Year Duration Project (2015-2020): The overall objective of this project has…

Research Report: Competitive Orchards 2020: Integrating and Optimizing Sweet Cherry Production Physiology, Orchard Technologies, and Efficiencies

July 14, 2021

Gregory A. Lang Year 7 (2019) of a Seven-Year Duration Project (2014-2020): This project included the NC140 Canopy Training…

Research Report: IFTA 2020 Report of Pear Activities

July 7, 2021

Todd Einhorn einhornt@msu.edu 1. The 2013 pear training/rootstock/spacing trial completed its 8th season. Cooperator sites include OR (T. Einhorn), CA (R….