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Dr. Kon\u2019s program seeks to develop and deliver research-based solutions to improve orchard practices and enhance the economic and environmental sustainability of the southeastern apple industry. To meet this goal, specific objectives include:<\/p>\n

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  1. to develop and evaluate novel apple crop load management programs, products, and decision-making aids,<\/li>\n
  2. to develop and evaluate technologies to manage vegetative growth throughout the life of the orchard, especially during orchard establishment, and<\/li>\n
  3. maximize fruit quality and storage potential, and manage labor through new technologies, non-destructive testing, and predictive models.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Physiological effects, environmental interactions, and\/or economic consequences of orchard management decisions are determined, reported, and integrated into recommendations for apple producers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3872,"featured_media":6504,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"","ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"group":[125,133,111,134],"person_tag":[],"class_list":["post-6503","person","type-person","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","group-agronomy-crop-production","group-extension-stakeholder-engagement","group-faculty","group-field-based-research-trials"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person\/6503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/person"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person\/6503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6505,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person\/6503\/revisions\/6505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/group?post=6503"},{"taxonomy":"person_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cals.ncsu.edu\/psi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person_tag?post=6503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}