Issue 26, March 2019
Viewpoint: Developing a viable vineyard workforce for the future
Faculty Focus: Five Questions for Kaylyn Kirkpatrick
Student Focus: Cornell students aim for precision and speed in pruning competition
Grapes 101: This is fine: Wine additives, just passing through
Awards: Alice Wise receives "Excellence in IPM" Award
Fruit Coordinator Juliet Carroll receives excellence in IPM award
Alice Wise and Cornell AgriTech recognized with awards from the New York Wine and Grape Foundation
Research In Plain English:
- Single and multiple phenotype QTL analyses of downy mildew resistance in interspecific grapevines
- Yeast Assimilable Nitrogen (YAN) Optimization for Cool-Climate Riesling
Upcoming Events:
- March 13, Lake Erie Grape Grower Conference
- July 16 - 18, ASEV-Eastern Section Annual Meeting
In the News:
- Schumer announces $68.9 million for USDA grape lab at Cornell AgriTech
- Cornell, Extension help NYS vintners test their metal packaging at annual BEV conference
- The Finger Lakes Wine Region of New York State
- Who's the Best (and Fastest) Pruner in the East?
- Wine Business Monthly article highlights Red Blotch Disease ecology and management
- New Everest Seedless grape is big and bold
- NY’s Concord grape industry to benefit from Cornell program
- Larissa Osterbaan: unraveling the genetic mysteries of grapevine disease
Featured Video: Spotted Lanternfly Basics for Grape and Apple Industries