2020 IFTA Annual Conference Presentations
IFTA 2020 Annual Conference – February 10-12, 2020 2020 Vision – It’s All About Precision Grand Rapids, Michigan Thank you for your interest in our articles. Full access to this story requires membership. See all our membership options here Username…
Research Report: Fruiting Wall Production Systems For Apricots And Nectarines
Year 5 (2019) of a Six-Year Duration Project (2015-2020): The overall objective of this project is to develop, refine, and evaluate two complementary orchard technologies, fruiting wall canopy architectures for stone fruit production and high tunnel protective covering structures, to…
Research Report: High-Density Planting Systems And Rootstocks For Sweet Cherries In The Northeast.
Terence Robinson …
Research Report: Project 2020: Optimizing Sweet Cherry Orchard Design & Efficiency
Year 6 (2019) of a Seven-Year Duration Project (2014-2020): This project tracks the NC140 Canopy Training Systems x Rootstocks research trial (planted in 2010; the multi-site trial coordination was completed in 2019) and the multi-trial Competitive Orchards Project 2020 research-extension…
Research Report: Evaluation Of The Cornell-Geneva Apple Rootstocks And Other Promising Apple Rootstocks.
Authors: Terence Robinson, Dept. of Horticulture, New York State Ag. Exp. Station, Geneva, NY 14456-0462, Phone: 315-787-2227, Fax: 315-787-2216, E-mail: tlr1@cornell.edu Gennaro Fazio, USDA-ARS, Plant Genetic Resources Unit, New York State Ag. Exp. Station, Geneva, NY 14456, Phone:315-787-2480, Fax: 315-787-2216, E-mail: gf35@cornell.edu Rootstock effects on…
High-Density Planting Systems And Rootstocks For Sweet Cherries In The Northeast
Introduction Dwarfing cherry rootstocks have allowed new possibilities for developing high-density sweet cherry (Prunus aviumL.) orchards with smaller trees that are more precocious and productive and can either be covered with rain exclusion shelters or high tunnels to prevent rain…
Fruiting Wall Production Systems For Apricots And Nectarines
Year 4 (2018) of a Six-Year Duration Project (2015-2020): The overall objective of this project is to develop, refine, and evaluate two complementary orchard technologies, fruiting wall canopy architectures for stone fruit production and high tunnel protective covering structures, to…
Project 2020: Optimizing Sweet Cherry Orchard Design & Efficiency
Year 5 (2018) of a Seven-Year Duration Project (2014-2020): This project tracks the NC140 Canopy Training Systems x Rootstocks research trial (planted in 2010, scheduled for completion in 2019) and the multi-trial Competitive Orchards Project 2020 research-extension demonstration orchards (planted…
IFTA 2017 Report Of Pear Activities
1.The 2013 pear training/rootstock/spacing trial The 2013 pear training/rootstock/spacing trial completed its 5th season. Cooperator sites include OR (T. Einhorn), CA (R. Elkins), and NY (T. Robinson). The experiment is a factorial design to evaluate (1) rootstock- OH×F87, OH×F69 and Pyrodwarf 233,…
Budagovsky, Geneva, Pillnitz, And Malling Apple Rootstocks Affect ‘Honeycrisp’ Performance Over The First Six Years Of The 2010 NC-140 Honeycrisp Apple Rootstock Trial
One of the most critical elements of any apple orchard is the rootstock, particularly in high-density systems where the economic risks and potential returns are the highest. For more than 40 years, the NC-140 Multi-State Research Project has involved researchers…