Fee: $225.00
To register: http://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=18930
Questions? Contact Kay Bogart at klbogart@ucdavis.edu or 530-754-9876
AGENDA:
8:30-9:00am Coffee and Registration
Session 1: Linda Bisson – Moderator, Professor, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis
9:00-9:05 Welcome and Introductions – Anita Oberholster, Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis
9:05-9:15 Department Update – David Block, Department Chair and Professor, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis
9:15-9:40 Progress in the UCD Grape Breeding Program - Andy Walker, Professor, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis
9:40-10:05 Responses of berry growth and ripening to deficit irrigation in the San Joaquin Valley: Comparisons of 17 red wine grape cultivars - Alexander Levin, Assistant Professor, Department of Horticulture, Oregon State University
10:05-10:30 The MOX tipping point may not be what you think - Andy Waterhouse, Professor, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis
10:30-10:45 BREAK
Session 2: Anita Oberholster – Moderator
10:45-10:55 Introduction - Ben Montpetit, Assistant Professor, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis
10:55-11:20 Winery wastewater reuse in wine grape production - Kerri Steenwerth, USDA, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis
11:20-11:45 Why are some yeast more efficient at using nutrients during fermentation? - David Block, Department Chair and Professor, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis
11:45-12:15 Poster Highlights – Individual Researcher Flash Talks
12:15–1:15 CATERED LUNCH AND POSTER SESSION
Session 3: Karen Block – Moderator, Director of Industry Relations, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis
1:15-1:40 Assessing variability in the vineyard through a spatially explicit selective-harvest approach: A case study in Sonoma - Luca Brillante – post-doctoral fellow, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis
1:40-2:05 Impact of Red Blotch Disease on Grape and Wine Composition - Anita Oberholster, Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis
2:05-2:30 Vineyard Soils: Practical Impacts on Vine Root Proliferation and Water Uptake - Dave Smart, Professor, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis
2:30-2:55 Dominance versus coexistence in wine fermentations: the key role of the [GAR+] prions – Linda Bisson, Professor, Department of Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis
2:55-3:00 Closing – Anita Oberholster