UC Davis Oakville Grape Day

On Wednesday, June 4, the Department of Viticulture and Enology at UC Davis will host a Grape Day at the Oakville Station. Topics and presenters will include:

•Translating genetic discoveries into innovations in viticulture featuring Dario Cantu, Professor, Department of Viticulture & Enology, UC Davis

•Fundamentals of Regenerative Viticulture featuring Chris Chen, Integrated Vineyard Systems Advisor, UCCE Lake, Mendocino, and Sonoma Counties

•Building resilient vineyards from the roots up featuring Luis Diaz Garcia, Assistant Professor, Department of Viticulture & Enology, UC Davis

•Grape Yield Estimation: Challenges and Opportunities featuring Mason Earles, Assistant Professor, Departments of Viticulture & Enology and Biological & Agricultural Engineering, UC Davis

•Not Just Dead Arms: Diagnosing the Real Causes of Vine Decline featuring Akif Eskalen, Professor of Cooperative Extension, Department of Plant Pathology, UC Davis

•Evaluating the economic viability of regenerative viticulture featuring Axel Herrera, Post-doctoral researcher, Lazcano Lab, Department of Land, Air & Water Resources, UC Davis

•PD vector ID and countywide blue-green sharpshooter trapping featuring Cindy Kron, North Coast IPM Advisor, Sonoma, Napa, Lake & Mendocino Counties, University of California Cooperative Extension

•Effects of Clone and Rootstock on Productivity and Resilience: Early Insights from the Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon Rootstock Trial featuring Justin Tanner, Viticulture Advisor, San Joaquin & Stanislaus Counties, University of California Cooperative Extension

COST

•$100 (includes coffee, pastries and a light lunch)

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