• Project No. and Title: NE1836 - Improving Quality and Reducing Losses in Specialty Fruit Crops through Storage Technologies
• Dates: 08/08/2020 to 08/09/2020
• Contacts: [Randy Beaudry] [Renae Moran]

This authorizes the annual meeting: .
The meeting will be held on 08/08/2020 at Zoom or other venue (alternate physical location in details). :

Admin Advisor: Christopher B. Watkins (cbw3@cornell.edu)

NE1836 will most likely hold its 2020 meeting online through Zoom or other venue.<br /> <br /> Otherwise, the physical address is:<br /> RosenPlaza Hotel<br /> 9700 International Drive<br /> Orlando, FL<br /> The room for our meeting has not yet been determined. <br /> <br /> Meeting time:<br /> Aug. 8 from 1 pm to 5 pm EDST<br /> Aug. 9 from 11 am to 6 pm, or as long as it takes. Times may vary depending on participation from members in different time zones.<br /> <br /> Contacts <br /> Renae Moran, Chair (rmoran@maine.edu)<br /> Randy Beaudry, meeting organizer (beaudry@msu.edu)<br /> <br /> Secretary: Tianbao Yang, USDA ARS Beltsville <br /> <br /> Administrative Adviser: Chris Watkins<br /> <br /> Agenda:<br /> 1. Welcome and Introductions<br /> <br /> 2. Announcements<br /> <br /> 3. Discussion and Station Reports<br /> -Objective 1. Adapt or develop harvest, handling and storage technologies to improve fruit quality, increase consumption and reduce food waste. <br /> -Objective 2. Improve our understanding of the biology of fruit quality to further our development of harvest and storage technology and development of new plant materials.<br /> <br /> 4. Plan the meeting for 2021.