"Improving economic and environmental sustainability in tree fruit production through changes in rootstock use."
The NC-140 Regional Research Project is designed to address a number of high-priority areas within the North Central Region as well as other parts of North America. This project seeks to enhance economically and environmentally sustainable practices in temperate fruit production by focusing on rootstocks. The NC-140 project meets the guidelines presented by the North Central Regional Association (NCRA) in Guidelines for Multistate Research Activities (May 2001). Specifically, this project addresses high priorities defined by NCRA, within the crosscutting research areas of agricultural production, processing, and distribution, genetic resource development and manipulation, integrated pest management and economic development and policy. The project involves researchers from multiple states and is multidisciplinary. Researchers involved in this project have leveraged Federal and state dollars to add significant resources to address this research area. Lastly, outreach is integral to the project and includes electronic information transfer through web sites, written material for growers and other stakeholder groups, and numerous educational programs in individual states and at national and international grower and scientific meetings.
NC-140 Receives Award for Excellence in Multi-state Research
NC-140 application to 2015 ESS Award for Excellence in Multi-state Research
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OBJECTIVES (2022-2027)
- To evaluate the influence of rootstocks on vegetative and reproductive growth and development of temperate-zone fruit trees, orchard productivity and labor efficiency, and sustainable orchard management practices across diverse soils and climatic regions.
- To develop and/or acquire genetically-improved temperate-zone fruit tree rootstocks from global breeding and selection efforts.
- To investigate the influence of rootstocks on physiological processes and resilience to biotic and abiotic stresses.
- To accelerate adoption of new rootstocks by improving propagation and nursery tree development techniques to provide growers with trees suitable for new orchard systems and precocious production.
- To integrate and disseminate research-based information and decision support tools that facilitate successful stakeholder adoption of rootstock technologies.
More... (full approved project proposal, including statement of issues and justification, 2022-2027) or download the full approved project proposal here.