Research Results

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Botrytis Bunch Rot: Who, Where, When, And What to Use

In the 2020 field season, nine field sites from eight different…

Breeding, Genetics, and Germplasm Evaluation

The overall objective of this research project is to develop…

Predicting Wine Ageability Using Iron Redox Reactions

In the initial reactions of the wine oxidation pathway, oxygen…

Measuring Grape Smoke Taint Protection

Smoke taint has become a recurring issue since 2008, and one…

Development of next generation rootstocks for California vineyards

Since my last report (June 2019) Nina Romero has made excellent…

Investigating Fruitiness Perception in Red and White wines

This provides results and conclusions from the entire project,…

Persistence of Fungicide Resistance in Grape Powdery Mildew

The fitness of Erysiphe necator resistant to QoI/FRAC 11 fungicides…

Evaluation of Grapevine Rootstock Selections

The purpose of this project is to identify selections from a…

Controlling Grapevine Trunk Diseases in California

A total of 20 vineyards belonging to 10 counties in California…

Deep Sequencing for Trunk Disease Diagnostics

The aim of this multi-year project was to develop rapid and cost-effective…