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Centerpiece
20 Culture change
Oregon company begins selling plants directly
to growers to help reduce the wait time for key
rootstocks.
Disease Management
8 GMO debate getting blurry
Analysis: Questions arise over what is and isn't
genetically engineered as genomics advances.
10 Taming the wild genome
New tools allow breeders to quickly give
modern cultivars resistance to blue mold.
14 Cutting-edge gene editing
Researchers at Rutgers hope to make wine grapes
resistant to downy mildew using CRISPR
gene-editing technique.
Good Grape Grower
16 Putting the fi ght
back in fungicide
WSU extension specialist shares some tips
for overcoming spray resistance.
Good to Know
26 Are you ready for
automated harvesting?
Some of the things growers need to know as they
prepare to implement robotic technology.
32 Some answers to your
food safety questions
Kate Woods of the Northwest Horticultural Council
provides insight on how to be ready when new
regulations come into effect in 2018.
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Rows of rootstock samples sit in a greenhouse at North American Plants' operation in McMinnville, Oregon. Read more on Page 20.
