Tag Archives: powdery mildew resistance

International collaboration advances research into grape disease resistance

Posted on 10/10/2019 by janetvanzoeren

The effectiveness of a collaboration between two research teams can be greater than the sum of its parts. This was part of the incentive for German scientist Daniel Zendler, a leading expert on the Ren3 and Ren9 genes for powdery … Continue reading →

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RIPE article and staff spotlight on Olena Sambucci

Posted on 09/10/2019 by janetvanzoeren

Olena Sambucci, a postdoctoral researcher at UC Davis, focuses her research on the economic trade-offs between grape traits, including disease resistance, wine varietal name, flavor profiles, and many other factors. She is part of VitisGen2’s economics team, under the guidance … Continue reading →

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“The Phenotyping Bottleneck” – new Wines and Vines article

Posted on 01/06/2019 by janetvanzoeren

A new article by Tim Martinson and Lance Cadle-Davidson was published in the December issue of Wines and Vines. The full pdf of the article is available at “The Phenotyping Bottleneck: How grape breeders link desired traits to DNA markers“.  

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