NCPN Webinar Series: New York's revitalized grapevine certification program

March 31, 2016


Since 2008, National Clean Plant Network Centers have joined together to efficiently produce, maintain, and distribute healthy grapevine budwood to the industry. These materials are starting to make their way to nurseries, and ultimately, to end-users. This four-part webinar series will cover the process of producing and distributing virus-tested plant material, graft-transmissible diseases and their impact, New York State’s new testing and certification program, and New York nurseries’ investment in new motherblocks and propagation procedures.

The webinars are free of charge, but you must be registered by noon the Wednesday before the webinar to receive connection instructions. Registering for one webinar will ensure that you will receive connection instructions for all future webinars. You may contact Chrislyn Particka with any questions or if you need assistance registering.

March 30: New York’s revitalized grapevine certification program, and New York nurseries’ plans for the future

New York’s Department of Agriculture and Markets is rolling out a state-of-the-art nursery certification program, and New York’s nurseries are investing in new plantings and practices.

• New York’s testing and certification program (Speakers: Margaret Kelly, NYSDAM, and Marc Fuchs, Cornell University)
• How New York’s nurseries are planning for the future.
• Dennis Rak, Double A Vineyards
• Eric Amberg, Grafted Grapevine Nursery
  
•  Fred Merwarth, Hermann J. Weimer Nursery

To register, visit http://tinyurl.com/NCPNgrapes