Award Category: Best Student Presentation Awards

Viticulture Laurie Boyden (Major Professor: Peter Cousins, Cornell University, Geneva, NY)Allelic Relationship between Root-Knot Nematode Resistance Genes in a Vitis mustangensis Hybrid Population Viticulture Tiago Sampaio (Major Professor: Carmo Vasconcelos, Oregon State University, Corvallis)Color and Tannin Profiles as Influenced by Rootstocks Enology Paula Mara, (Major Professor: Linda Bisson, University of California, Davis)Bacterial Causes of Winery…

Viticulture (oral) Robert Blundell (Major Professor: Akif Eskalen, University of California, Davis)Evaluation of Grapevine-Derived Microbes for Sustainable Pruning Wound Protection Against Grapevine Trunk Diseases Viticulture (poster) Arran Rumbaugh (Major Professor: Anita Oberholster, University of California, Davis)Effects of Grapevine Red Blotch Virus (GRBV) on Grape Metabolic Pathways through Ripening Viticulture (flash talk) Evelyn Alvarez-Mendoza (Major Professor: Shunping Ding, California…

Viticulture Jimena Balic, (Major Professor: Sue Ebeler, University of California, Davis)Influence of Canopy Management Practices and Growing Region on Flavor of Cabernet Sauvignon Viticulture Jose Ramon Urbez-Torres (Major Professor: Tom Gordon, University of California, Davis)Occurrence and Importance of Botryosphaeris spp., A Fungal Pathogen Associated with Grapevine Cankers in California Enology Paul Brock, (Major Professor: Thomas…

Viticulture (oral) Maria Zumkeller (Major Professor: Kaan Kurtural, University of California, Davis)No-till Systems and Perennial Cover Crops Show Minimal Effects on Vineyard Soil Microbiome Composition Viticulture (poster) Mathew Lange (Major Professor: Patricia Skinkis, Oregon State University, Corvallis)First-Year Effects of Vineyard Floor Management on Dry-Farmed Pinot noir Vine Performance in Different Soil Types Viticulture (flash talk) Geraldine Diverres (Major…

Viticulture Kimberly Nicholas Cahill (Major Professor: Professor Christopher B. Field, Standford University)Modeling Climate and Climate Change Impacts on Winegrape Yields in California Viticulture Jose Ramon Urbez-Torres (Major Professor: Dr. W. Douglas Gubler, University of California, Davis)Pathogenicity, Biology and Epidemiology of Botryosphaeria of Grapevines in California Enology Robert Scholz (Major Professor: Dr. Doug Adams, University of…