1. East Malling Rootstock Club Executive Committee Meeting
25th September 2015
Feli Fernández

2. Agenda New contract Review of action points from previous meeting (XX)
EMR update on breeding (FF & AW)
Pests & disease resistance screening update (FF)
Development of proposal for underpinning research on rooting (Dr Gerard Bishop)

3. Breeding update Crossing
Controlled pollinations: 13th April - 8th May 2015
Fruit harvest ongoing

4. Breeding update New populations 1,342 apple seedlings from 8 families
406 pear seedling
Mypex in double rows

5. Breeding update Budding
2014 apple seedling (SC204) budded with SA544-28
18th August to 4th of September

6. Breeding update Evaluation of existing populations and selection
Ongoing

7. Breeding update Evaluation of existing populations and selection
Ongoing

8. Breeding update Evaluation of existing populations and selection
Ongoing

9. Breeding update Evaluation of existing populations and selection
October

10. Breeding update Propagation Very mild autumn and early winter
Cuttings taken in February 2015
Mixed success

11. Pest and Disease update
Fireblight

12. Pest and Disease update
Fireblight

13. Pest and Disease update
Fireblight

14. Pest and Disease update
Fireblight

15. Pest and Disease update
Woolly Apple Aphid
Results not particularly clear
Still ongoing
In January:
Summary of all tested
Marker data

16. Pest and Disease update
Phytophthora cactorum

17. Pest and Disease update
Apple replant disease

18. Pest and Disease update
Apple replant disease

19. Pest and Disease update
Apple replant disease

20. Pest and Disease update
Apple Replant Disease Evolution and Rootstock Interactions - HAPI

21. Pest and Disease update
Apple Replant Disease Evolution and Rootstock Interactions - HaPI

22. Pest and Disease update
Evaluation of susceptibility of rootstocks to canker -AHDB