OARDC Researcher Receives Tomato Award FREMONT, Ohio David Francis’s tomatoes are redder, more nutritious and highly resis tant to diseases. Now, they are also award-winners. A scientist with the Ohio Agri cultural Research and Develop ment Center (OARDC) in Woos ter, Francis is the recipient of the 2002 Tomato Achievement Award, an honor conferred by the Mid-America Food Proces So you should call the shots. Ask your NC+ Dealer which hybrids will work best for your management techniques. We’ll give you the freedom to succeed. To See Your NC+ Dealer... More Good Reasons • Excellent Product Performance - top-yielding com hybrids like NC+ 4771, NC+ 5411, NC+ 5051, NC+ 5169 and NC+ 6221. • Early Order and Early Payment Options -5% cash discount through February 22,2002. < • Flexible Financing Options - featuring Farm. 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The award ceremony took place in August during the Vege table Crops Field Day at OARDC’s Fremont branch. OARDC is the research arm of Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Envi ronmental Sciences. these NC+ Dealers. 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Francis, who is also a pro fessor of Horticulture and Crop Science, has been searching for tomato breeds that offer more resistance to diseases and yield a high quality product in a humid environment, such as that of the Great Lakes region. New Effort To Boost Hydroponic Production, Marketing BOWLING GREEN, Ohio Ohio and Michigan hydroponic vegetable growers are joining forces to boost production and marketing, build stronger working relationships and in crease consumer through a new hydroponic mar keting association and coopera tive. The Great Lakes Hydroponic Association and Marketing Co operative, expected to be in place by spring, were born out of the Ohio State University Extension Hydroponic Vege table Program. The program is designed to increase profitabili ty of hydroponic greenhouse vegetable businesses by provid ing horticultural, marketing, business planning and green house design support. 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Two breeding lines (Ohio 9816 and Ohio 9834) tolerant to race T 1 of the harmful bacterial spot have recently been released. Like wise, Francis has noticed im provements in yield and fruit size, firmness and field storage, and color uniformity. Since color is a defining attri bute of quality for fresh and pro cessed tomatoes, one of Francis’s goals is to obtain genotypes that consistently produce fruit with a red, dark and saturated color. According to Francis, color disorders (such as yellow shoul der) are the top nemesis of toma toes intended for whole-peel and diced products, affecting as much as 65 percent of the crop. ponic Association and the Mar keting Cooperative to growers at the Ohio Fruit and Vegetable Growers Congress on Jan. 16 from 9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the Toledo Sea Gate Centre in Tole do, Ohio. The annual conference and tradeshow will be conducted Jan. 15-17. Donnell will introduce at tendees to the new organiza tion, which focuses on an asso ciation of hydroponic supporters seeking to inform and educate, as well as a coop erative of hydroponic vegetable growers looking to increase profits and be more competitive through market expansion. “The association will conduct monthly meetings which will continue to strengthen the rela tionships among hydroponic growers in the Great Lakes re gion. Growers help one another by exchanging information on marketing and greenhouse pro duction,” said Donnell. our competitors (800) 214-3340 Deep-red tomatoes are not only appealing and profitable; but also more nutritious. The pig ments that make tomato red are pro-vitamin A and lycopene, a compound that has been found to fight cancer. Francis has a doctorate from the University of California at Davis (1991), where he also worked as a postdoctoral re search associate before joining OARDC in 1995. “My biggest satisfaction,” Francis told farmers who attend ed the field day, “is working with an industry that consists of fami ly-owned businesses, many of which have been around for three generations.” “The association will also bring in speakers to increase growers’ knowledge of horticul ture, greenhouse design and business planning.” “Through the cooperative, growers would work together to have enough product to be able to market to grocery store chains, consistently deliver the highest quality vegetables, as well as command a premium price through superior quality, long shelf life and skilled sales manship,” said Donnell. For more information on the Great Lakes Hydroponic Asso ciation and Marketing Cooper ative, contact Mary Donnell at (419) 354-6916 or donnell.B@osu.edu. 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