DR. DON C. ELFVING

Jerome Hull, Jr. Distinguished Lecture
Performance of Apogee on apples and sweet cherries in Washington State

Wednesday, December 6, 2000,  10:40 a.m.
Apple Culture Session, Kent Room
 

Dr. Elfving will also present...
Factors affecting productivity in apple.
Wednesday, December 6, 2000 3:20 p.m.
Apple Culture Session,  Kent Room

~About Dr. Elfving ~

1. Born and raised on a walnut ranch in California.

2. Educated in the University of California system; Ph.D in Plant Physiology 1971.

3. Dept. of Pomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY:

Assistant Professor of Pomology 1972-1977;
Associate Professor 1977-1979. 4. Horticultural Research Institute of Ontario, Ontario, Canada: Research Scientist IV, 1979-1989;
Research Scientist V, 1989-1991;
Manager, Research Programs, 1991-1993. 5. Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center, Washington State University, Wenatchee, WA: Horticulturist and Superintendent, 1993-1997;
Horticulturist, 1997-present. 6. "My research program over the years has been oriented toward orchard management and cultural practices, with an interest in the underlying physiology of tree and fruit development. I have conducted research in the areas of pruning and training, chemical thinning, rootstocks and systems, irrigation and water management, and effects of bioregulators. While back East, I concentrated on apple. Here in WA I have also begun to work with pear and sweet cherry. I now emphasize plant bioregulator research on these three fruit species, focusing on both tree growth management and improvement of postharvest fruit storage and quality. In the past few years I have concentrated on studies of effects of the new bioregulator prohexadione-Ca on apple, pear and sweet cherry under WA growing conditions. I am not involved presently in research in chemical crop load management."

7." My extension program mirrors my research program, with a strong emphasis on bioregulator uses in tree fruit culture."

8." While at Cornell, I became involved in teaching an upper-division Pomology course that emphasized subjects in orchard management. At WSU, I now participate in the teaching of an upper-division Hort. department course in Fruit Crops Management. I am also participate in the teaching of the Introductory Pomology course in the WA Tree Fruit Management Program at Wenatchee Valley College."