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Tissue cultivation helps quick adaptation of Geneva rootstocks
Last summer, when Cornell University applied fruit crop physiologist Terence Robinson returned from a three-year sabbatical from Northeast apple orcha... READ MORE »
Cornell seminar summarizes 50 years of breeding Geneva rootstocks
Gennaro Fazio,of the USDA-ARS Plant Genetic Resources Unit on April 8 gave a Horticulture Section seminar, 50 years of breeding the Geneva series of ... READ MORE »
Phytelligence partners with Cornell to grow Geneva rootstocks
Phytelligence, a platform agricultural biotechnology company, has announced a collaboration with Cornell University to test, store and grow new and ... READ MORE »
Modern apple rootstocks evaluated in Mid-Atlantic
A discussion held during the recent Mid-Atlantic Fruit & Vegetable Convention regarding apple rootstock selections pinpointed some preferences of ... READ MORE »
Tree fruit rootstocks evolve over decades
This is the latest installment in a series of stories marking the 60th anniversary of Fruit Growers News. From the heyday of Red Delicious and harv... READ MORE »
Geneva rootstock program aiding the U.S. apple industry
With 600 acres of apple trees in Walden, New York, Jeff Crist faces a number of threats from nature each year. Fire blight, a bacterial disease that a... READ MORE »
High-density Orchards, Dwarfing Rootstocks Gaining Popularity
High-density apple orchards on dwarfing rootstocks have become common in many apple growing regions of the world. This has allowed apple growers to ac... READ MORE »
Boyer Orchards goes from side business to award winner in three generations
Western Pennsylvania’s Boyer Orchards LLC was the side business of a steelworker in the late 1950s, but fast forward a couple of generations and his... READ MORE »
It’s time to evaluate the nutritional status of fruit trees
Unlike agronomic or most vegetable crops, orchards are perennials. Therefore, they can potentially take up soil-applied/supplied nutri... READ MORE »
West-central Michigan plans own tree fruit research center
Farm operations benefitting from the sandy soils and microclimates of west-central Michigan will soon have their own dedicated tree fruit research sta... READ MORE »
