Preparing for change: Stefano Musacchi expects to be ready to help pear and apple growers when problems arise

摘要

When Dr. Stefano Musacchi arrived in Washington State in August, he knew the expectations were high. Musacchi, a world-renowned pomol-ogist from Italy, was appointed to a new position at Washington State University created with funding from a specialgrower assessment to enhance tree fruit research. Musacchi arrived with plenty of ideas about how to help Washington apple and pear growers but no intention to revolutionize the industries. "My idea is that you don't have to be a revolutionary person," he told Good Fruit Grower. "I think the best work that a researcher can do is to try to understand and improve what's possible to improve in the short term and think ahead, because we like to be stable in life until things force you to do something different. The growers will have problems in the future, and I hope we will be ready to fix problems when they arise."