Award Category: Best Student Presentation Awards

Viticulture Megan Hall (Major Professor: Wayne Wilcox, Cornell University, New York)Improving Our Understanding of Sour Rot Etiology and Management Techniques Viticulture Amanda Vondras, (Major Professor: Laurent Deluc, Oregon State University, Corvallis)Time of Flowering and Seed Content Contribute to Variable Entry of Pinot noir Fruits into the Ripening Phase Enology Lindsay F. Springer, (Major Professor: Gavin Sacks,…

Viticulture Solomon Dobrowski (Major Professor: Jim Wolpert, University of California, Davis)Aerial Image Analysis in Evaluating Vineyard Canopy Parameters Enology Ramón Mira de Orduña (Major Professor: Gordon J. Pilone, Massey University, New Zealand)Arginine Degradation by Lactic Acid Bacteria in Wine: Toxicological and Enological Implications

Viticulture (oral) Eric Gale (Major Professor: Michelle Moyer, Washington State University, Prosser)Grapevine Root Cold Hardiness​ Viticulture (poster) Timothy Weber (Major Professor: Arianna Bozzolo, University of Missouri, Columbia)Effect of Various Levels of Biochar and Compost on Growth of Valvin Muscat Grapevines in a Controlled Environment​ Viticulture (flash talk) Joseph Schmidt (Major Professor: Laurent Deluc, Oregon State University,…

Viticulture Remi Cohen (Major Professor: M. Andrew Walker, University of California, Davis)Evaluating the Effect of Rootstock on the Susceptibility of Chardonnay to Pierce’s Disease Expression Enology Uri Hetz (Major Professor: Mark A. Daeschel, Oregon State University, Corvallis)Lysozyme as an Aid in Preventing Stuck Fermentations

Viticulture (oral) Jake Uretsky (Major Professor: Andrew Walker, University of California, Davis)A Preliminary Study of Taxonomic and Geographic Relationships among Accessions of Vitis berlandieri and Associated Taxa Viticulture (poster) Karla Huerta (Major Professor: Andrew Walker, University of California, Davis)Evaluation of Genetic Diversity in Wild Vitis from Northern and Central Mexico Viticulture (flash talk) Garret Stahl (Major Professor:…