• Project No. and Title: WERA20 - Virus and Virus-Like Diseases of Berries, Fruit and Nut Trees, and Grapevines.
• Dates: 06/27/2018 to 06/29/2018
• Contacts: [Bob Martin] [Joseph Postman]

This authorizes the annual meeting: .
The meeting will be held on 06/27/2018 at Corvallis, Oregon. :

Admin Advisor: Naidu Rayapati (naidu.rayapati@wsu.edu)

Start Time: 6/27/2018 at 08:00 am / End Time: 06/29/2018 at 12:00 noon<p><br /> <br /> The meeting will be held in Corvallis, Oregon with a field trip on June 27th. State reports will be held on June 28th and early on June 29th.<p><br /> <br /> Also on June 29th, a discussion on how to proceed with efforts to develop standardized High Throughput Sequencing protocols and how to fund this critical next step to move this technology into Certification and Quarantine programs.<p><br /> <br /> The Pacific Division of APS is meeting in Portland, OR June 25-27, so there is an opportunity to attend part of that meeting in combination with the WERA-20 Meetings.<p><br /> <br /> Still waiting on feedback from the venue to provide registration fees.<p><br /> <br /> Field trip will include a Tree Fruit Nursery, a tissue culture facility that produces a wide range of plants and markets plug plants.<p><br /> <br /> The USDA-ARS National Clonal Germplasm Repository which houses the Fragaria, Vaccinium, Rubus, Pyrus, collections of interest to the WERA-20 group as well as several other plant genera.<br />