Apr 2, 2018
47th 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.

To join by Zoom please use the following instructions:

Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://osu-cfaes.zoom.us/j/375924215

Or iPhone one-tap (US Toll):  +16468769923,375924215#  or +16699006833,375924215#

Or Telephone:

    Dial:

    +1 646 876 9923 (US Toll)

    +1 669 900 6833 (US Toll)

    +1 408 638 0968 (US Toll)

    Meeting ID: 375 924 215

International numbers available: https://osu-cfaes.zoom.us/zoomconference?m=oSmmZte3dqjFnB15jx1U3BqKjJv-Whgs

 General courtesies for joining by Zoom:

        Please mute your microphone/phone to reduce background noise to the speaker

        Use the comment box to type and send questions to those presenting or group discussion

This message is also available at http://www.vegetablegrafting.org/

 – Matthew D. Kleinhenz, Ohio State University Extension




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