Apr 2, 201847th Tomato Breeders’ Roundtable accessible online
The upcoming 47th Tomato Breeders’ Roundtable (April 4-6, 2018 at Ohio State University, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center) is coordinated by David Francis. It will include a two-hour session on April 5 focused on tomato rootstocks (see agenda below).
Tomato Rootstocks Session; April 5, 2018, 10 a.m. – noon Eastern Standard Time (U.S. and Canada)
List of Presenters and Titles
Chieri Kubota, The Ohio State University (Keynote speaker), “Grafting technologies and their trends”
Cary Rivard, Kansas State University, “Assessing scion compatibility in tomato as a function of yield improvement”
Sean Fenstemaker, The Ohio State University, “Vigor, resistance, and rootstocks”
Jonathan Kressin, North Carolina State University, “Colonization dynamics of the tomato-bacterial wilt pathosystem and its implications for resistance selection”
Rafael Lacaz-Ruiz, Monsanto, “Rootstock for the computer controlled environment, an industry perspective”
Bryan Zingel, Sakata, “Industry perspective”
Each presentation will be followed by Q&A.
Please register to attend the Tomato Breeders’ Roundtable in person here. Alternatively, participate in the Tomato Rootstocks Session by Zoom using the instructions below. As a courtesy, we ask that you reply to [email protected] with a simple “yes” if you intend to connect to the Tomato Rootstocks Session by Zoom.
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– Matthew D. Kleinhenz, Ohio State University Extension