Last updated on March 24, 2009

Research Reports 

Date: Thursday, June 25
Time: 10:00 am – Noon
Location: Napa Valley Ballroom, Marriott Napa Valley Hotel

Moderator:

Peter Cousins, USDA, Cornell University, New York


10:00 am – 10:20 am Evaluation of Rootstock Performance with Pinot noir on a High-Magnesium Soil
Mark Battany, University of California Cooperative Extension, San Luis Obispo
10:20 am – 10:40 am Breeding for Salinity Tolerance in Vitis
Kevin Fort, University of California, Davis
10:40 am – 11:00 am Breeding Grape Rootstocks for Lime and Drought Tolerance
Laszlo Kocsis, Pannon University, Hungary
11:00 am – 11:20 am Rootstock Influence on Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot Vine Performance in California’s Central Coast
Yannis Toutountzis
, California State University, Fresno
11:20 am – 11:40 am Location and Rootstock Effect on Free Amino Acid and Phenolic Composition of Grape Cultivars
Daniel Person, University of California, Davis
11:40 am – Noon Use of Carbon Isotope Discrimination on Grape Sugar as a Tool for Practical Vineyard Management
Cornelis van Leeuwen, Université de Bordeaux, France