About the Meeting

The purpose of this conference is to provide a forum for the exchange of scientific research results concerning the production and marketing of Christmas trees and greenery. Expected participants will be researchers, students, extension agents and extension specialists who work professionally with the Christmas tree industry.

The conference will be held October 2-7, 2005 at the Kettunen Center, Tustin, Michigan.   The conference program will include contributed talks, posters, extension discussion roundtable, and field tours of nearby Christmas tree research and production.

Specific topics will include (but are not limited to):

· Planting stock propagation & production
· Plantation establishment and cultivation
· Fertilization and nutrition
· Genetics
· Pest management
· Economics and management issues
· Post-harvest quality

It is expected that all attendees present a paper or a poster. The conference language will be English.

This conference will be the latest in the following sequence:

Date	Host Organization	Location	Country
October 1987	Washington State University	Puyallup, Washington	USA
August 1989	Oregon State University	Corvallis, Oregon	USA
October 1992	Silver Fall State Park	Silver Falls, Oregon	USA
September 1997	Cowichan Lake Research Station	Mesachie Lake, British Columbia	Canada
July/August 2000	Danish Forest and Landscape Research Institute	Vissenbjerg	Denmark
September 2003	North Carolina State University	Hendersonville, North Carolina	USA