Issue 40, March 2020
Research Focus: The Chemistry of Canned Wines
Faculty Focus: Five Questions for Katie Gold
Student Focus: V&E Majors Pioneer New Internship in Portugal
Grapes 101: Missing Parts: The cost of missing cordons, canes, and vines
Research In Plain English: X-ray phase contrast imaging of Vitis spp. buds shows freezing pattern and correlation between volume and cold hardiness
In the News:
- Second annual Finger Lakes FELCO pruning competition takes place at Anthony Road Vineyards
- Congratulations Hans Walter-Peterson!
- Ways UV Light is Exposing Fruit Pests and Pathogens
- Grant funds high-tech system to improve grapevine pruning
- Twelve Pennsylvania Counties added to Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine
Featured Video: Expansion of a freezing bud
Issue 41, May 2020
Research Focus:
- Cost of Establishment and Production of vinifera Grapes in the Finger Lakes Region of New York-2019
- How "Cost of Establishment and Production of V. vinifera Grapes" has changed since 1997
Faculty Focus: Five Questions for Lynn Sosnoskie
Student Focus: Building Community in Light of a Pandemic
Grapes 101: Stuck and Sluggish Fermentation: Causes & Preventative Steps
Research In Plain English:
- A New, Satellite NDVI-Based Sampling Protocol for Grape Maturation Monitoring
- Elimination of the Crown Gall Pathogen, Agrobacterium vitis, from Systematically Infected Grapevines by Tissue Culture
In the News:
- Cornell Viticulture Paper selected as 2020 Best Viticulture Paper
- Cornell aids distillers in making hand sanitizer
- New York's Wine Industry Meets the New State Plant Pathologist
- State Integrated Pest Management welcomes new director
- Sensory tests suggest ‘liking’ wines made with native grapes a learned response
- Cost of Establishment and Production of Cold Hardy Grapes in the Chautauqua Region of New York-2019
Featured Video: Cornell AgriTech Grape Expertise in Western New York
Issue 42, August 2020
Research Focus: Variable-rate Mechanical Shoot Thinning in Concord Demonstrates the Practical Application of Precision Viticulture
Faculty Focus: Five Questions for Yu Jiang
Student Focus: Cornell Students and Faculty Recognized by American Society for Enology and Viticulture
Grapes 101: The Core Grape Genome and Cheap DNA Sequencing: A New Roadmap for Grape Breeders
Extension Focus: Cornell Workforce Development and Cornell Farmworker Programs provide outreach on COVID-19 for farmworkers
Research in Plain English (RIPE): Grape mapping populations reveal genetic variation in bloom and fruit development
In the News:
- New York Wine and Grape Foundation: Cultivating wine and grape industry success with Cornell AgriTech
- Grant to support research into grape downy mildew
- Scientists track plant diseases riding across globe with dust
- Reopening guidelines for New York state tasting rooms during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Swirl, Sip, Don't Spit: Tasting Behind the Mask (Part One)
- Swirl, Sip, Don't Spit Revisiting Tasting Room Best Practices
Featured Video: The Efficient Vineyard project demonstrates how variable-rate, GIS Map-based mechanical shoot thinning works
Issue 43, November 2020
Research Focus: Enhancing Vine Health with Commercial Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Inoculants
Research Focus: Video Overview of Efficient Vineyard Project (9 minute video)
Student Focus: COVID-19 Changes Internship Opportunities for Cornell Students
Extension Focus: Spotted Lanternfly Eggs Detected in the Finger Lakes
In the News:
Featured Video: Efficient Vineyard Project Overview