• Project No. and Title: NC140 - IMPROVING ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN TREE-FRUIT PRODUCTION THROUGH CHANGES IN ROOTSTOCK USE
• Dates: 11/07/2023 to 11/09/2023
• Contacts: [Greg Lang] [Carolyn Lawrence-Dill]

This authorizes the annual meeting: .
The meeting will be held on 11/07/2023 at Grand Rapids, MI. :

Admin Advisor: Carolyn Lawrence-Dill (triffid@iastate.edu)

Overview:<br /> Members should plan to fly into Grand Rapids, MI, on Monday Nov 6; we’ll arrange some shuttles from the airport to the conference hotel in Holland. Members can also fly into other airports (e.g., Lansing, Detroit, Kalamazoo) if they’ll rent a car for their own transport.<br /> <br /> The NC140 meeting will begin on Tuesday morning, Nov 7, when we’ll take a bus to the MSU Clarksville Research Center. We’ll spend all day there in meetings and touring the NC140 trials located there, then return to Holland.<br /> <br /> The meeting will continue on Wednesday, Nov 8, when we’ll take a bus to the MSU Southwest Research & Extension Center. We’ll spend all day there in meetings and touring the NC140 trials located there, then return to Holland. We’ll also be joined by the USDA-SCRI Armillaria project members and stakeholder advisory board for the day.<br /> <br /> The meeting will conclude on Thursday, Nov 9, as we finish up the business meeting at the conference hotel in Holland, concluding with lunch. Members can plan to depart Thursday afternoon (we’ll arrange some shuttles to the Grand Rapids airport) or on Friday (members will have to make their own arrangements).<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Tentative Agenda: <br /> November<br /> 6 Mon Afternoon: NC140 participants arrive Gerald Ford Int’l. Airport, Grand Rapids, MI <br /> Travel/shuttle to Holland, check in at hotel, dinner on own <br /> <br /> 7 Tue Morning: NC140 business meeting begins<br /> Lunch<br /> Afternoon: NC140 orchard tour (apples+cherries, Clarksville Research Center, CRC)<br /> Afternoon: Armillaria participants arrive Gerald Ford Int’l. Airport, Grand Rapids, MI <br /> Travel/shuttle to Holland, check in at hotel, dinner on own<br /> NC140 group dinner?<br /> <br /> 8 Wed Morning: NC140 meeting continues <br /> Morning: Armillaria meeting begins <br /> Joint groups lunch<br /> Afternoon: joint NC140+Armillaria orchard tour (peaches+cherries, Southwest Michigan Research & Extension center, SWMREC)<br /> NC140/Armillaria joint groups dinner?<br /> <br /> 9 Thu Morning: NC140 and Armillaria meetings each conclude by lunchtime or early afternoon<br /> Joint groups lunch<br /> Afternoon: all participants can depart or stay until Friday (travel/shuttles to GRR airport)<br /> Optional: NC140 “fishing” sub-working group (Friday, w/Sat or Sun departures)<br />