Chair: Dr. Phillip Freese, WineGrow, Healdsburg, CA
Program Outline:
8:30 - 8:45 am Dr. Phillip Freese ~ Welcome and Introduction
8:45 - 9:30 am Dr. Andrew Walker, University of California, Davis ~ UC Davis' Role in Improving California's Grape Planting Materials
9:30 - 10:15 am Dr. Deborah Golino, University of California, Davis ~ Trade in Grapevine Plant Materials: Local, National and Worldwide Perspectives
10:15 - 10:30 am Questions & Answers
10:55 - 11:10 am Dr. Jiang Lu, Florida A & M University, Tallahassee ~ The Pierce's Disease Resistant Grapes in the Southeast United States
11:10 - 11:25 am Alan Krivanek, University of California, Davis ~ Mapping Populations for the Genetic Analysis of Pierce's Disease Resistance
2:00 - 2:15 pm Hongying Jiang, Michigan State University, East Lansing ~ The Effects of Air Temperatures and Water Content on Cold Hardiness
of 'Concord' Grape Canes During the Dormant Season
2:15 - 2:30 pm Steven Castangnoli, Oregon State University, Corvallis ~ Evaluation of 20 Pinot noir Clones in Oregon
2:30 - 3:15 pm Dr. Giovanni Martelli, Universita degli Studi di Bari, Italy ~ Major Graft-Transmissible Diseases of Grapevines: Nature, Diagnosis
and Sanitation
3:15 - 3:45 pm Dr. Dennis Gonsalves, Cornell University, Geneva ~ Genetically Engineered Plants: What Are They? What Are Their Risks and
Benefits? Can Technology Be Usefully Applied to Grapevines?
3:50 - 4:00 pm Questions & Answers