Field Trip To Vegetable Grafting Nurseries In Italy Slated For March
December 15, 2015
The USDA’s Specialty Crop Research Initiative Vegetable Grafting Technology Working Group presents an opportunity to those interested in vegetable grafting to visit selected nurseries in Italy to learn about commercial vegetable grafting worldwide.
Chieri Kubota from the University of Arizona, Carol Miles from Washington State University, and Xin Zhao from the University of Florida have organized a trip to Sicily, Italy, together with on‐site local hosts.
The visit to Italy will take place March 22‐26 (March 21‐26 including U.S. departure date) and will include visits to the largest commercial grafting operation in Italy as well as growers’ fields using grafted tomato and melon plants.
Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and the group will be visiting Catania, Ragusa, and Siracusa provinces (East and Southeastern Sicily).
The estimated cost per person is $620 for double occupancy and $830 for single occupancy, which includes four nights in a hotel, lunches on travel days, one group dinner as well as arranged transportation(tour bus).
Participants will need to arrange their own international travel and necessary travel documents. Attendees should arrange their air travel to arrive at Catania.
Limited seats are available and so early registration is recommended. Please Register by Dec. 20, and you will receive invoice with payment information from the University of Arizona.
To register, go to http://goo.gl/forms/4MM2YStvRM.
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