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2013 WASHINGTON RED RASPBERRY COMMISSION<br />

RESEARCH PROPOSAL<br />

Project Proposal<br />

Proposed Duration: (1year)<br />

Project Title: Evaluating the Feasibility of Coordinated Regional on-farm Trials of Advanced<br />

<strong>Raspberry</strong> Selections—Second Year<br />

PI:<br />

Tom Peerbolt<br />

Organization: Peerbolt Crop Management<br />

Title: Co-owner and Senior Researcher<br />

Phone: 503-289-7287<br />

Email: tom@peerbolt.com<br />

Address: 5261 North Princeton St.<br />

City/State/Zip: Portland, OR 97203<br />

Co PIs<br />

Chad E. Finn – USDA-ARS-HCRU, Corvallis, OR<br />

Patrick Moore – <strong>Washington</strong> State University, Puyallup, WA<br />

Julie Enfield – Northwest Plants/Enfield Farms, Lynden, WA<br />

Year Initiated <strong>2012</strong> Current Year 2013 Terminating Year 2013<br />

Total Project Request: Year 1 $ Year 2 $11,200 $<br />

Other funding sources:<br />

Agency Name: Northwest Center for Small Fruit Research<br />

Amt. Requested/Awarded: $32,554<br />

Notes: This is a similar project that will allow us to also test black raspberries and fresh market<br />

caneberries of all types over a larger geographical area.<br />

Description: Organize and put in place a pilot network of regional on-farm grower trials for<br />

evaluating raspberry advanced selections issuing from the USDA-ARS/OSU breeding program<br />

in Corvallis and the WSU breeding program in Puyallup. The goal is to combine public and<br />

private resources in ways that would accelerate the commercialization of our genetic resources.<br />

Justification and Background:<br />

The northwest raspberry breeding programs have been a cornerstone of the industry's success.<br />

Their ability to produce cultivars of commercial value is crucial to continued success. Global<br />

competition is increasing and public funding for these programs at our land grant institutions is<br />

under increasing budget constraints.<br />

This program could strengthen the breeding programs by:<br />

• Giving support to the existing research station based field trials by adding a strong, natural<br />

link that would improve the present method of sending advanced selections on to the<br />

propagators to be multiplied for grower trials.<br />

• Decreasing the time needed to evaluate the commercial potential of selections.<br />

• Increasing the industry-wide knowledge of new releases potential before they are released.<br />

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