Statewide Viticulture Extension Program

The article posted below describes results of a survey of 95 vineyards in the Finger Lakes for presence of grapevine leafroll virus, and an additional survey tracking the impact of leafroll on fruit maturity:

grapevine-leafroll-virus-an-increasing-problem.pdf

Geneva, NY.   A group of 35 extension educators, Cornell scientists and graduate students, and industry people from throughout the Northeast, Midwest and Ontario converged at Cornell’s New York State Agricultural Experiment Station August 11 and 12 for a workshop highlighting grape genetics and breeding research at Geneva. Continue Reading »

Here are some Photos from ‘A day with Grape Germplasm Resources’ workshop held at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, NY on August 12.

Peter Cousins, USDA ARS scientist with Grape Germplasm Research Unit in the Grapevine Germplasm Collection at the NYS Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva

Dr. Bruce Reisch, grape breeder with Dept. Horticultural Sciences at the NYS Agricultural Experiment Station, demonstrates differences in grapevine resistance to downy mildew at his ‘no-spray’ grapevine nursery, where new crosses are evaluated.

Attendees at the August 12 A Day with Germplasm Resources Workshop held at the NYS Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, NY.

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Here is the draft PWT petition

vitenoldraft-program-work-team-petition.doc