Day-Long Symposium to Highlight Advances in Fruit Research
August 13, 2018 Michigan State University will honor Jim Flore and Ron Perry with a day-long symposium on Aug. 24 called “Forty Years Advancing Fruit Production: Applied Physiology, PGRs, Rootstocks, and Orchard Systems” to honor their retirements. This symposium, held at the Hagerty Conference Center in Traverse City, MI, will focus on current advances in fruit research. Speakers at this symposium have studied with Flore and Perry and will highlight the regional, national, and international impacts of the careers of Flore and Perry.
Registration for this symposium will end on Aug. 17 and can be found at: https://events.anr.msu.edu/Hort_Dept_Fruit_Symposium/. There will be a reception and a dinner following the symposium as well.
Symposium schedule:
8:15-8:20 Welcome and Introduction
8:20-8:50 Jim Flore, Career Reflections
8:50-9:15 From Tree Physiology to Fruit Quality: the Role of Carbon and Water in Orchards, Riccardo Gucci, University of Pisa, Italy
9:15-9:35 Practical Applications of Source-Sink Relationships in Sweet Cherry, Marlene Ayala, Pontificia Universidad Catolica, Chile
9:35-9:55 Changes in Within-Vine Carbon Partitioning Subjected to Early Basal Leaf Removal, Paolo Sabbatini, Michigan State University
9:55-10:20 Organic Fertilization Affects Carbon and Nutrient Balance in the Orchard Ecosystem, Moreno Toselli, University of Bologna, Italy
10:20-10:45 Coffee break
10:45-11:05 Photosynthesis and Flower Development in Relation to Sorbitol in Apple, Lailiang Cheng, Cornell University
11:05-11:25 Apple Biennial Bearing, the Importance and Effects of Crop Load, Dario Stefanelli, Agriculture Victoria, Australia
11:25-11:50 Vineyard Water Management in a Temperate Humid Climate, Roberto Zoppolo, INIA, Uruguay
11:50-12:15 Fruit Crop Physiology to Support Grower Practices, Alan Lakso, Cornell University
12:15-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:00 Ron Perry, Career Reflections
2:00-2:25 Rootstock Breeding to Improve Disease Resistance and Orchard Productivity, Tom Beckman, USDA-ARS, Byron, GA
2:25-2:45 Integrating Rootstocks and Canopy Physiology into New Orchard Systems, Greg Lang, Michigan State University
2:45-3:05 Precision Tart Cherry Orchard Management: High-Density System Development, Mapping and Variable Rate Applications, Brent Black, Utah State University
3:05-3:30 The Evolution/Revolution in Apple Planting Systems and Rootstocks, Terence Robinson, Cornell University
3:30-3:50 Coffee break
3:50-4:10 Six Years of Research with Plant Growth Regulators for Feathering Apple Trees, Win Cowgill, Rutgers University
4:10-4:30 Practical Orchard Strategies to Manage Flower Development and Fruit Set, Todd Einhorn, Michigan State University
4:30-4:55 New Tools for Physiology Research and Breeding in Grapevine, Enrico Peterlunger, University of Udine, Italy
4:55-5:15 A High Rate of ReTain Influences ‘Honeycrisp’ Apple Fruit Quality and Storage Potential, Duane Greene, University of Massachusetts
5:15-5:40 Reflections on Thirty-Eight Years of NC-140 Apple Rootstock Research, Paul Domoto, Iowa State University
5:40-5:45 Symposium wrap-up
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