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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Hi Mike,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Thank you and the committee for putting the proposal together.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">For the Method part, Objective 1, item (i) 2015 Organic Modi Apple. I saw two NJ and I think one of them should be New Mexico. We do have this Modi planting in
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Objective 3: General climate, water, nutritional, and physiological stress: with this 2015 Organic Modi Apple planting, we do evaluate rootstock performance in
high pH alkaline soil. So, you may list NM together with UT under (3) even though NM only tests apple rootstocks in alkaline soil.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Thanks!<br>
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Shengrui<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> nc140 [mailto:nc140-bounces@virtualorchard.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael Parker<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 25, 2016 7:06 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> nc140@virtualorchard.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nc140] 2017 NC-140 Project Draft<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Attached you will find a draft of the 2017 NC-140 project proposal that the committee has been working on for 4+ months. This was discussed in PA and approved, although
revisions and corrections are still being made. Please take a look, especially at the "Methods" section beginning on page 6, for where your state should or should not be included. I will need all changes by COB on
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Tuesday</span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">, November 2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">. For your reference, we have already had to submit the justification and objective sections so changes are not being made for these sections.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">I apologize for the short turn around as I used an incorrect address earlier this week. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow",sans-serif">Mike<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Michael L. Parker, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Associate Professor<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:E-mail%3Amike_parker@ncsu.edu" target="_blank">E-mail:mike_parker@ncsu.edu</a>
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