Resource Links

Specialty Crop Research Grant Project for Pears >
An international research effort to improve growing, storage, handling, shipping and consumption of pears.
Upcoming Meetings >
Schedule of upcoming pear research meetings and events
OSU >
Oregon State University's Mid-Columbia Agricultural Research and Extension Center
WSU >
Washington State University Tree Fruit Postharvest Information Network - Pears
UC Davis >
University of California at Davis Postharvest Research and Technology Center
Encyclopedia >
A guide to many of the 3,000 known pear varieties.
International Links >
Websites focused on pear production and marketing worldwide
Pacific Northwest Canned Pear Service >
U.S. canned pear industry overview information

Marketing Order Research Subcommittee

Priorities

Marketing Order 927’s research subcommittee oversees the research funding and sets the research priorities in order to help direct researchers to the areas and topics deemed most important to the pear industry.

The research funds are collected under the authority of the Federal Marketing Order 927, coordinated by the Pear Bureau and administered by the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission.

This page outlines current and past priorities set by the research subcommittee.