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
Christopher Chen, Integrated Vineyard Systems Advisor, Lake, Mendocino, and Sonoma Counties
9:10 AM
Advancing the development of powdery mildew and Pierce’s Disease-resistant cultivars
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
10:10 AM
Advancing grapevine trunk disease management: Insights from recent field trials
Marcelo Bustamante, Postdoctoral Researcher, Eskalen Lab, Department of Plant Pathology, UC Davis
10:40 AM
BREAK
10:50 AM
Cleaning and sanitizing basics and how to make them more sustainable
David Block, Professor, Departments of Viticulture & Enology and Chemical Engineering, UC Davis
11:20 AM
Studying wild grapes to envision the next generation of grapevine cultivars
Dario Cantu, Professor, Department of Viticulture & Enology, UC Davis
11:50 AM
TBA
James Campbell, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Viticulture & Enology, UC Davis
12:20 PM
Department update/ ID and characterization of native California Yeast strains
Ben Montpetit, Chair & Associate Professor, Department of Viticulture & Enology, UC Davis
12:50 PM
Q&A & Wrap-Up
1:00 PM
Lunch