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Wednesday, August 4st
Monday, August 2nd
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Presenter session – Chestnuts
Sandy Anagnostakis Moderator
Amy Miller: Blossom End Rot (Report on NNGA Grant)
Markus Schaufele: Hypocotyl Grafting Chestnuts
Carol Mapes: Asian chestnut gall wasps
Ron Revord: Chestnut Improvement Network
12:15 – 12:45
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Presenter session – Hazelnuts
Shawn Mehlenbacher moderator
Shawn Mehlenbacher: Blight resistant hazelnut
Linda & Ernie Grimo: Northern hazelnut breeding program
Jeff Zarnowski: Hybrid hazelnut selections
John Kelsey: Site issues in hazelnuts
2:15-2:30
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Presenter session – Invasive species & other threats
Jim McKenna moderator
Anna Conrad: Hyperspectral analysis of plant pathogens
Jim McKenna: Study on thousand cankers disease
Geoff Williams: The effect of climate & the microbiome on TCD
LJ Grauke: Carya vulnerability
Tuesday, August 3rd
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Presenter session – Our other favorite nuts
Jerry VanSambeck moderator
Bill Deeter: Hybrid Butternuts in Indiana
Nick LaBonte: Butternut gene conservation
Rod Hart: Parallel Pollination methods in Almonds & Pecans
Bill Reid: Training young Pecan trees
Carl Albers: NYNGA English Walnut Project
12:45 – 1:15
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Greg Miller, President, presiding business meeting
Presenter session – The business of orchards
Gina Zimbardi moderator
Louise Bugbee: Agroforestry Conservatory and the Keystone Tree Crops Cooperative
Alex Caryl & Marlene Betts: American Pecan Promotion Board
Julia Valiant &Olivia Shoemaker: Indiana's Commercial Tree Nut Value Chains: Status and Opportunities
3:00 – 3:15
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Dr. Diana Beresford-Kroeger Keynote Q&A
Greg Miller, moderator