Dear Rosaceae colleagues,
I am forwarding a note from Dr. Susan Brown at Cornell about forming four
sub-committees
that was discussed in Rosaceae community meeting held at IFTA conference
in Hershey, PA.
> Team Members Needed for Planning:
> There are four general theme areas of research in the Rosaceae white
paper (indicated in bold text below) and we are forming four sub
committees for planning purposes. Anyone with an interest in one or
more of these topics, and a willingness to participate in some
pre-organization work for strategic planning are encouraged to contact
the scientific coordinator for each group at the Email addresses below.
Please do not reply to the list serve. We would appreciate a response by
March 10th. Identifying those in each core area interested in
participating in the discussion will facilitate future strategic
planning. The Committee is charged with figuring out how such strategic
planning will happen and how it will be structured. The entire Rosaceae
community will participate in the strategic planning, but this committee
sets the framework.
> Reducing the dependence on chemical pesticides by improving biological
resistance: Herb Aldwinckle at hsa1(a)cornell.edu.
> Reducing labor costs (Plant architecture): Susan Brown at skb3(a)cornell.edu.
> Improving fresh and processed fruit quality, storage and safety: Abhaya
Dandekar at amdandekar(a)ucdavis.edu.
Improving profitability of the Rosaceae fruit industry (abiotic stress
tolerance): Michael Wisniewski at mwisniew(a)afrs.ars.usda.gov.
