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Improving Economic and Environmental Sustainability in Tree-Fruit Production Through Changes in Rootstock Use

Principal Investigator/Project Leader: 
Wesley
Autio
Stockbridge School of Agriculture [1]
Co-Principal Investigator/Co-Project Leader: 
Dan
Cooley
Stockbridge School of Agriculture [1]
John
Clements
Stockbridge School of Agriculture [1]
Sponsoring Unit(s): 
Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station [2]
Department of Project: 
Stockbridge School of Agriculture
Project Description: 

We will evaluate the influence of rootstocks on temperate-zone fruit tree characteristics grown under varying environments using sustainable management systems.  This will help allow us to better assess the impacts of biotic and abiotic stresses on scion/rootstockcombinations in temperate zone fruit trees and to enhance the sustainability of temperate fruit farming through development and distribution of research based information utilizing eXtension.

Topics: 
Agriculture [3]
Agriculture topics: 
Fruit
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Source URL: https://ag.umass.edu/cafe/nifa-planned-research-initiatives/improving-economic-environmental-sustainability-in-tree-fruit

Links:
[1] https://stockbridge.cns.umass.edu/
[2] https://ag.umass.edu/sponsoring-units/massachusetts-agricultural-experiment-station
[3] https://ag.umass.edu/topic/agriculture