Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

Introductory Comments and Welcome: The NCCC-22 meeting was immediately preceded by the National Berry Crop Initiative Strategic Planning Workshop (October 25-26). The program of this workshop was organized by Tom Bewick, USDA-CSREES. The local host was Courtney Weber of Cornell University and the NYSAES. Dr. Courtney Weber greeted members and provided introductory comments, after which members introduced themselves. Dr. Alan Taylor, Chair of the Department of Horticultural Science at the NYSAES also welcomed the group and provided an overview of the department and the Geneva Experiment Station. Old Business The 2004 minutes were circulated electronically prior to the meeting and approved. Appropriate paperwork has been submitted and approved to change the committees name from North Central Region (NCR) to the North Central Coordinating Committee (NCCC). The goal of the committee is to address critical needs within a function of multi-state coordination New Business A sub-committee composed of Marvin Pritts, Bruce Bordelon, Courtney Weber, and Pat Moore put together the proposal to renew NCCC-22 for another 5-year period. The renewal document was approved by the membership. Members were encouraged by Ed Ashworth, administrative advisor to file an updated Appendix E and get approval from their SAES to continue their participation in the project. Non-SAES members were encouraged to continue their participation and the mechanism for these individuals to continue their affiliation was discussed. Future NCC-22 meeting locations were reconfirmed with Washington State University at Puyallup in 2006 (Moore), Pennsylvania State University in 2007 (Demchak), North Carolina State University in 2007 (Fernandez and Ballington), Ontario, Canada in 2009 and California in 2010 . The plan is to have the 2006 meeting in the Bellingham or Lynden, Washington area. This is the area where most of the berry growers in Washington are located. The meeting will be planned to begin the evening of October 24 and end October 26 (possibly with a field tour) and October 27 being a travel day. The possibility of renewing the practice of compiling a book of the state reports was discussed at length. A trial of electronic copies of reports was recommended. The submission of electronic versions would be optional and would be in addition to the paper copies currently submitted. Willing cooperators would bring an electronic copy of their report and it would be loaded onto a common computer. Later in the meeting those desiring an electronic version could copy the reports onto a CD or drive. This will be tried in 2006. It was requested a letter be sent to Cornell University administrators acknowledging Courtney Webers efforts in hosting this years meeting. Optional Tours of the NYSAES and local wineries were held on Friday afternoon and Saturday. Summary of NCCC-22 Activities in 2005 State Reports Reports of small fruit research and industry activities were presented by representatives from Arkansas, California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and USDA.

Joint Publications among NCCC-22 members Strik, B., J.R. Clark, C. Finn, and G. Buller. 200_. Management of primocane-fruiting blackberry to maximize yield and extend the fruiting season. Acta Hort. (in press) Thompson, E., B. Strik, J.R. Clark, and C. Finn. 200_. Flowering and fruiting morphology of primocane-fruiting blackberries. Acta Hort. (in press) Strik, B., J.R. Clark, C. Finn, and M.P. Bañados. 200_. Worldwide production of blackberries. Acta Hort. (in press) Finn, C.E., B. Yorgey, B. Strik, R. Martin, and C. Kempler. 2005. `Obsidian trailing blackberry. HortScience, 40:2185-2188 Finn, C.E., B. Yorgey, B. Strik, R. Martin, and M. Qian. 2005. `Black Pearl thornless trailing blackberry. HortScience, 40:2179-2181 Finn, C.E., B. Yorgey, B. Strik, H. Hall, R. Martin, and M. Qian. 2005. `Black Diamond thornless trailing blackberry. HortScience, 40:2175-2178 Finn, C.E., B. Yorgey, B. Strik, and R. Martin. 2005. `Nightfall thornless trailing blackberry. HortScience, 40:2182-2184 Finn, C.E., B. Yorgey, B. Strik, and R. Martin. 2005. `Metolius trailing blackberry. HortScience, 40:2189-2191 Strik, B. and D. Yarborough. 2005. Blueberry production trends in North America, 1992 to 2003 and predictions for growth. HortTech 15:391-398 Midwest Small Fruit and Grape Spray Guide (10 states), Midwest Small Fruit Pest Management Handbook (Ohio State University Bulletin 861). The key organizing states are Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, and Iowa. Also included in the Small Fruit and Grape Spray Guide are Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and West Virginia. J.F. Hancock, S. Serçe, C.M. Portman, P.A. Callow, and J.J. Luby. 2004. Taxonomic variation among North and South American subspecies of Fragaria virginiana Miller and F. chiloensis (L.) Miller. Can. J. Bot. 82:1632-1644. Bramble Production Guide - new revision is due to be published in 2006. Multiple contributors from NCCC-22. Michele A. Stanton, Joseph C. Scheerens, Richard C. Funt and John R. Clark Floral Competence of Primocane-fruiting Blackberries Prime-Jan" and Prime-Jim" Grown at Three Temperature Regimes. In preparation. Stafne, E.T., J.R. Clark, C.A. Weber, J. Graham, K.S. Lewers. 2005. Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) Markers for Genetic Mapping of Raspberry and Blackberry. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 130(5):722-728. Pattison, J.A. and C.A. Weber. 2005. Evaluation of Red Raspberry Cultivars for Resistance to Phytophthora Rot Root. J. Amer. Pom. Soc.59(1):50-56.