Exploring Different Aspects of Vine Health

SPEAKERS & TOPICS INCLUDE: 

• Welcome and Introduction
  Ben Montpetit, Chair, Department of Viticulture & Enology, UC Davis

• Advancing the development of powdery mildew and Pierce’s Disease-resistant cultivars
  Luis Diaz Garcia, Assistant Professor, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis

• Studying wild grapes to envision the next generation of grapevine cultivars
  Dario Cantù, Professor, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis

• Interactive effects of trunk disease and water stress on grapevine physiology
  Megan Bartlett, Assistant Professor, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis

• Spotted Lanternfly: The need to remain vigilant
  Cindy Kron, North Coast Area IPM Advisor, UC ANR

• Achieving sustainability and quality in a warming world
  Beth Forrestel, Assistant Professor, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis

• How to protect pruning wounds from grapevine trunk diseases
  Akif Eskalen, Professor of Cooperative Extension, Department of Plant Pathology, UC Davis

• Red blotch disease and its effect on grape and wine composition
  Arran Rumbaugh, Research Chemist, Crops Pathology and Genetics Research Unit, USDA-Agricultural Research Service