In 1963, a defoliation conference at Fort Detrick featured industry experts.

Evidence

In July 1963, Charles Minarik hosted a two-day defoliation conference at Fort Detrick. He invited contractors and scientists from all over the country to meet and give presentations and tour the test fields and greenhouses. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 1048

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 1048