From left to right: Rafael Lacaz Ruiz, Sean Fenstemaker, Jonathan Kressin, Chieri Kubota, and Bryan Zingel
The 47th Tomato Breeders’ Roundtable was held at The Ohio State University, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster, Ohio on April 4-6, 2018. A two-hour session on April 5 was dedicated to vegetable grafting, specifically tomato rootstock performance and breeding, especially within the context of soil-based crop production. University and industry speakers commented on grafting technology, the performance of current rootstocks, and the development and delivery of improved rootstocks.
Roundtable presentations:
- Grafting Technologies and their Trends, Chieri Kubota, The Ohio State University
- Assessing Scion Compatibility in Tomato as a Function of Yield, Cary Rivard, Kansas State University
- Genetics of Tomato Rootstock Breeding: Genetic Distance, Heritability, Vigor, Resistance and Selection Strategy, Sean Fenstemaker and David Francis, The Ohio State University
- Rootstock for the Computer Controlled Environment, an Industry Perspective, Rafael Lacaz Ruiz, De Ruiter
- Tomato Rootstock Traits from an Industry Perspective, Bryan Zingel, Sakata
- 47th Tomato Breeders’ Roundtable Program Booklet
