Event Date
On The Road programs are educational seminars that help us to communicate with the California grape and wine industries by bringing faculty to different regions of California. We present relevant topics or current research and, at the same time, listen to the issues that are important to grape-growing and winemaking professionals.
DATE AND TIME
Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 9 AM - 1 PM
LOCATION
Sonoma County Farm Bureau, 3589 Westwind Blvd, Santa Rosa, CA 95403
AGENDA
8:30 AM
Registration, Coffee & Pastries
9:00 AM
Welcome and Introduction
Karen L. Block, Director of Industry Relations, Department of Viticulture & Enology, UC Davis
9:10 AM
Rootstocks 101: Building resilient vines
Luis Diaz Garcia, Assistant Professor, Department of Viticulture & Enology, UC Davis
9:40 AM
How to use a model to time ground cover management for reduction of three-cornered alfalfa hopper in vineyards
Cindy Kron, North Coast IPM Advisor, Sonoma, Napa, Lake & Mendocino Counties, University of California Cooperative Extension
10:00 AM
Managing dormant pruning wounds: A key to sustainable grapevine trunk disease control
Akif Eskalen, Professor of Cooperative Extension, Plant Pathology, Department of Plant Pathology, UC Davis
10:30 AM
BREAK
10:40 AM
TBD
David Block, Professor, Departments of Viticulture & Enology and Chemical Engineering, UC Davis
11:10 AM
Studying wild grapes to envision the next generation of grapevine cultivars
Dario Cantu, Professor, Department of Viticulture & Enology, UC Davis
11:40 AM
Heat impacts on grape development & anthocyanins
Beth Forrestel, Assistant Professor, Department of Viticulture & Enology, UC Davis
12:10 PM
Department update/ ID and characterization of native California Yeast strains
Ben Montpetit, Chair & Associate Professor, Department of Viticulture & Enology, UC Davis
12:30 PM
Q&A & Wrap-Up