David Doll Joins GenNext Growers Advisory Council
February 11, 2014 
David Doll, an orchard nut crop farm advisor for the University of California (UC), has been named a Founding Member of the Advisory Council of the GenNext Growers™ initiative.
He earned his B.S. in Plant Biology from Purdue University and an M.S. degree in Plant Pathology from UC-Davis.
Doll has established multiple research projects within his assigned commodities of almonds, pistachios, and walnuts which include comparison of multiple rootstock lines, etiology, epidemiology, and management of soilborne and wood canker diseases, and soil fumigant alternatives.
Observations from Doll’s farm visits and research findings are shared at his website, “The Almond Doctor.” Doll is a frequent contributor to American Fruit Grower and was profiled in July issue of American Fruit Grower as member of the next generation of researchers. Follow Doll on Twitter at @TheAlmondDoctor.
About the GenNext Growers Initiative
The GenNext Growers Initiative was founded in 2013 by American Fruit Grower, American Vegetable Grower, and Florida Grower magazines as a cross-produce-industry “umbrella” initiative to help identify, inform and inspire the next generation of growers who:
- Were born after 1970
- Are preparing to assume, or already have assumed, leadership in a farming enterprise
- Have a passion to produce high-quality specialty crops: fruits, vegetables, and citrus
- Seek to be advocates for their industry
The aim of this Initiative is to identify, develop and promote across the industry the best practices of the nation’s most promising up-and-coming specialty crop growers; to help pull together and bring a national voice to the many national, state, and regional young growers programs currently underway; and to ensure a smooth generational transition and the long-term viability of America’s fruit, vegetable and citrus industries.
For more information about the GenNext Growers Initiative, visit www.GenNextGrowers.com, follow the Initiative on Twitter at @GenNextGrowers, visit the GenNext Growers LinkedIn group and at facebook.com/GenNextGrowers.
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