Field Day Forum. Oct 27, Cornell University New York State Agricultural Experiment Station Geneva, NY

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1 Field Day Forum Oct 27, 2016 Cornell University New York State Agricultural Experiment Station Geneva, NY

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3 Forum Agenda Time Speaker/Facilitator Title 8:30 Forum Check-in & Continental Breakfast 9:00 Julie Stafford Welcome and Objectives 9:10 Michael Mazourek Sustaining Local Harvests 9:30 Cornell Faculty Plant Breeders and their Produce 10:30 ALL Open Market: An Opportunity to Ask Your Questions 11:15 Elizabeth Bihn Produce Safety in the New Era of FSMA 11:40 Hannah Swegarden, Alina Stelick Organic Kale: A Case Study in Integrating Consumer Feedback into Public Plant Breeding Program 12:00 Jerry King Produce Plus Juicer Demonstration, JBT Corporation 12:15 Lunch 1:00 Bruno Xavier New Technologies Coming to the Food Venture Center: Imagine What We can do Together 1:20 Laura Salter Working with the Center for Technology Licensing (CTL) 1:45 Julie Stafford Facilitated Discussion: Identifying Opportunities for Collaboration and Next Steps on Local Produce 2:45 Julie Stafford Wrap-up and Closing Comments

4 Forum Speakers Matheus Baseggio Matt is interested in improving nutritional quality of sweet corn, which will benefit breeders, growers, and consumers not only in NY, but throughout the country. He will be conducting a genomewide association study (GWAS) to identify genes and favorable alleles responsible for quantitative variation of grain carotenoid and tocochromanol levels in a sweet corn diversity panel. He will also develop and validate marker-based prediction models to convert locally adapted sweet corn germplasm to dark orange grain with high provitamin A and vitamin E content. Elizabeth A. Bihn, Ph.D. Elizabeth A. Bihn is a Senior Extension Associate in the Department of Food Science at Cornell University. She is currently the director of the Produce Safety Alliance and program coordinator for the National Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) Program. The main focus of her work is to reduce microbial risks to fresh fruits and vegetables through research and extension programs developed for and in collaboration with growers, farm workers, produce industry personnel, students, teachers, and consumers. Betsy received her B.S. from Ohio State University in zoology, M.S. from the University of Florida in horticulture, and Ph.D. from Cornell University in food science. Thomas Björkman, Ph.D. Thomas Björkman is an Associate Professor in the Horticulture Department. His research covers the range from discovering basic biological principles, to direct application in commercial settings. He studies the effects of environmental stimuli on growth and development, particularly as applied to vegetable production. Current work of him in flowering includes discovering how temperature regulates the transition from inflorescence to flower in broccoli using the tools of functional genomics.

5 Susan Brown, Ph.D. Susan Brown is a Professor of the Horticulture Department. She is also the Associate Dean of CALS and Director of NYSAES. Her research focus on the apple breeding and genetic improvement. The objectives of her research include the development of new superior varieties for the apple industry with unique flavors, exceptional crispness, enhanced storage and shelf life, and the incorporation of resistance to disease and insect pests, and training students in the science of fruit breeding and genetics. Walter DeJong, Ph.D. Walter DeJong is an Associate Professor in the Plant Breeding and Genetics section of the School of Integrative Plant Science. His research centers on the genetic improvement of potato, both by conventional and molecular genetic means. His breeding program aims to develop new chipping and tablestock varieties that are adapted to the Northeast and meet ever-changing needs of the regional potato industry. To support breeding, he also works to isolate and characterize genes responsible for economically important traits in potato. Phillip Griffiths, Ph.D. Phillip Griffiths is an Associate Professor in the Horticulture section of the School of Integrative Plant Science. His vegetable improvement program at Geneva focuses on the breeding and genetics of vegetable crops. The goals of his research include the introgression of host plant resistance to economically important pests, tolerance to environmental stresses and the selection of niche-market crops and traits. Julie Kikkert Julie Kikkert is the team leader of the Cornell Vegetable Program. She has had a life-long interest in plant biology and was formally trained in Horticulture and Plant Physiology. She came to Cornell University more than 20 years ago, initially conducting research in plant biotechnology at the Geneva Experiment Station. For the past decade, she has worked for Cornell Cooperative Extension in commercial vegetable production, with a focus on processing vegetables, cabbage production and weed science research.

6 Jason Londo, Ph.D. Jason Londo is a Research Geneticist with the USDA-ARS Grape Genetics Unit, located on the New York State Agriculture Experiment Station in Geneva, New York. His interests and research program are centered on understanding the genetic and phenotypic aspects of environmental stress tolerance and adaptation. He is currently involved in a grapevine research to better inform grapevine breeders and farmers about the biological aspects of environmental stress tolerance and aid in the pursuit and utilization of new varieties capable of adapting to environmental stresses in a changing. Martha Mutschler-Chu, Ph.D. Martha Mutschler-Chu is an Associate Professor in the Plant Breeding and Genetics section of the School of Integrative Plant Science. She is a vegetable breeder / geneticist working on tomato and long-day onion. Her areas of interest concern the genetic control of novel traits derived from wild species, the genetic control/physiological mechanisms underlying these novel traits and their use in vegetable improvement. This work leads to the development and release of germplasm or lines with the novel traits, such as insect and disease resistance, and superior horticultural type. Work also has led to the development of new methods. Michael Mazourek, Ph.D. Michael Mazourek is an Assistant Professor in the Horticulture Department. The overall theme of his program is innovation of vegetables for adaptation for production in the Northeastern US and to be of improved quality and nutrition for consumers. His focus is on the chemistry that underlies and mediates plant adaptation to the biotic environment with the consideration that humans are a part of this biotic environment that has co-evolved with plants. These studies take place with pepper, squash, cucumber, melon, watermelon, and snap peas with whichever tool is appropriate to the question be it genomics, genetics, molecular biology, field trials or analytical chemistry.

7 Laura Salter Laura Salter is the Assistant Director for Communication and Administration of the Center for Technology Licensing at Cornell University (CTL). She supervises administrative processes related to business development, and assists the Executive Director in the staffing, human resource and organizational operating needs of the Center. She also manages and prepares CTL reports and surveys. She continues to lead the outreach team, execute event-based programs, write and produce communication materials, direct the Center s websites and social media, as well as advance and promote the CTL brand. Mark E. Sorrells, Ph.D. Mark E. Sorrells is a professor of the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics. He is involved in the Cornell Small Grains Project which has a history of over 100 years of developing innovative approaches to crop improvement. His research program utilizes appropriate technologies encompassing molecular genetics, physiology, pathology, and breeding to research strategies that contribute to the development of superior crop varieties for both conventional and organic cropping systems. Julie Stafford, Ph.D. Julie Stafford joined the Cornell Institute for Food Systems in 2014 as the Industry Liaison Officer with responsibility for establishing the CIFS Industry Partnership Program. Julie's areas of expertise include strategy formulation, the application of systems thinking and simulation, and leveraging information from diverse perspectives to formulate executable, impactful solutions. Julie has extensive experience operating effectively among multiple stakeholders to help achieve common goals and prioritized objectives.

8 Hannah Swegarden Hannah Swegarden is a PhD student in the Horticulture Department of the School of Integrative Plant Science. She works with Phillip Griffiths on the development of novel leafy brassica genotypes for fresh market production, with a particular emphasis on nutritional quality and consumer response. Christopher Watkins, Ph.D. Christopher Watkins is a Professor of Horticulture in the School of Integrative Plant Science and also serves as the Director for Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE), and Associate Dean in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and College of Human Ecology. He conducts a postharvest science research program with a major focus on apple fruit. His research and extension activities are statewide and include development and conduct of harvest maturity management, postharvest handling, and storage technology from both basic and applied aspects. Courtney Weber, Ph.D. Courtney Weber is an Associate Professor of Horticulture in the School of Integrative Plant Science. The primary goal of his program is to develop improved berry varieties to better serve the needs of the New York industry. He is integrating new technologies with traditional breeding practices to investigate the fundamentals of disease and insect resistance and fruit quality. Through collaborative projects with food scientists and human health specialists, he is able to identify superior varieties containing beneficial phytochemicals.

9 Industry Partnership Program Gold-level Members Silver-level Members

10 Thanks To For donating the Fresh'n Squeeze Produce Plus Juicer

11 Thanks to Our CIFS-IPP Members For Participating in the Field Day Forum