Tag Archives: Dario Cantu
New staff spotlight featuring Mélanie Massonnet from UC Davis
Mélanie is a postdoctoral associate in Dario Cantu’s lab in the Department of Viticulture and Enology at the University of California in Davis. She is in charge of the genome-wide transcriptional analyses of the breeding populations for powdery mildew resistance … Continue reading
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Tagged Dario Cantu, Melanie Massonet, Staff Spotlight, UC Davis, VitisGen2
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Qi Sun, Anne Fennell and Dario Cantu participate in INTEGRAPE meeting in Greece.
The Integrape meeting is focused on developing FAIR (Findable, Accesible, Interoperable and Reusable) standards to harmonize databases on Vitis genomics, genetics, and breeding. Report written by Qi Sun and Anne Fennell Integrape (http://www.integrape.eu) is a cooperation network sponsored by European Cooperation … Continue reading
Molecular Changes in Vitis vinifera Associated with the Onset of Pierce’s Disease
A new publication out of UC Davis, co-authored by VitisGen2 genetics team member, Dario Cantu, investigated molecular changes in vines infected by Pierce’s disease. The bacterial disease is of major concern because it is vectored by a ubiquitous insect, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Dario Cantu, glassy winged sharpshooter, grape breeding, grape molecular markers, Pierce's Disease, UC Davis, VitisGen2
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