Session

Viticulture – Pest and Disease Session
Research Reports

Location: Marriott Portland Downtown Waterfront

Moderator:

R. Keith Striegler, E. & J. Gallo Winery, California

Speakers:

3:30 pm – 3:50 pm Assessing Different Botrytis cinerea Strains using Molecular Biological Methods
Louis Backmann, Dienstleistungszentrum Ländlicher Raum (DLR) Rheinpfalz, Germany
3:50 pm – 4:10 pm How to Block the Spread of Pierce’s Disease: Gene-Editing of the Pierce’s Disease Vector, the Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter
Peter Atkinson, University of California, Riverside
4:10 pm – 4:30 pm Fungicide Resistance in Powdery and Downy Mildew in Australian Vineyards
Ismail Ismail, South Australian Research & Development Institute
4:30 pm – 4:50 pm Field Application of Biofungicides to Control Powdery Mildew and Botrytis Bunch Rot on California Winegrapes
Shijian Zhuang, University of California, Riverside