A group of scientists from around the country aims to develop new tree fruit rootstocks for the tree fruit industry with the goal of increasing orchard profitability. The group, which calls itself Root2Fruit, plans to submit a proposal in 2012 to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for funding through the Specialty Crop Research Initiative. The group includes networks of researchers from a number of institutions who will join forces to develop rootstocks for apples, pears, peaches, nectarines, plums, and cherries and help make them available to growers. They hope that the results of the four-year project will have a significant […]