The Cornell Storage Workshop is confirmed for Tuesday August 19 in Geneva. Full program and registration details will be available soon, but content will include updates on research and recommendations for the major NY-grown varieties as well as emerging club ones (Yosef Al Shoffe, Randy Beaudry, Chris Watkins), skin disorders (Jason Londo and Carolina Torres), 1-MCP formulations (Randy Beaudry), postharvest pathology (Riley Harding and Kerik Cox)

We thank our sponsors to date - Fresh Inset, Lytone Enterprise, MirTech, Storage Control Systems and Valent BioSciences.

8:00am Coffee and pastries

8:30  Welcome and industry panel on storage priorities. What are the most wicked challenges? (Joel Crist, Ryan Hess, JD/Austin Fowler, Chelsea Van Acker Gowan; Scott Henning, Emily Verbridge)

9:00  Gala update (Chris Watkins)

9:15  NY1 update (Chris Watkins)

9:30  DCA and storage temperatures for NY1 (Yosef Al Shoffe)

9:45  Sponsor presentation

9:50  Sponsor presentation

9:55  Sponsor presentation

10:00  AM break

10:30  Postharvest pathology update (Riley Harding, Kerik Cox)

11:00  Sponsor presentation

11:05  MAIA-1 (Randy Beaudry)

11:25  MAIA-1 (Yosef Al Shoffe)

11:45  Sponsor presentation

11:50  Application of peel sap prediction models to Gala (Lailiang Cheng)

12:00pm  Lunch

1:00  Skin disorders (Carolina Torres by zoom)

1:20  Skin disorders (Jason Londo)

1:40  Sponsor presentation

1:45  1-MCP formulations (Randy Beaudry)

2:05  Sponsor presentation

2:10  Club varieties and more - SCRI block grant study (Chris Watkins)

2:40  CA/DCA fundamentals (Randy Beaudry)

3:00  PM break

3:25  Acidity and sensory in Honeycrisp  (Craig Kahlke)

3:35  Honeycrisp rootstock trials (Al Shoffe)

3:50  Embracing PGRs while understanding all impacts (Chris Watkins)

4:10  Summing up the day (panel)

4:30  Safe journey home

A block of rooms, rate $149, is available until August 11th at: 41 Lakefront Hotel, Trademark Collection By Wyndham, 41 Lake Front Dr, Geneva, NY 14456 

Use block code: 081825LAK when you register by phone 315-789-0400 or online at https://www.wyndhamhotels.com/...

Additional event details: https://lof.cce.cornell.edu/ev...