Nursery technician Elizabeth Coss inspects one of five new pest-resistant grape rootstocks at Foundation Plant Services. Five new grape rootstocks that are resistant to nematodes and phylloxera -- two ...

Nursery technician Elizabeth Coss inspects one of five new pest-resistant grape rootstocks at Foundation Plant Services. Five new pest-resistant grape rootstocks recently released by UC Davis are ...

Grafting, the union of rootstock and scion to form a single organism with vascular connections, is a critical technique for agriculture, especially in woody perennials like grapevines. Despite the ...

Grafting, a standard way of propagating grapes worldwide, combines a hardy rootstock with a desirable variety of grapes in the scion. Researchers will unravel how the genotype of the rootstock impacts ...

As global climate change exacerbates water scarcity, understanding how grapevines respond to water deficit stress is vital for ensuring the sustainability of vineyards. A new study highlights how ...

Wine grape varieties could soon be developed with a much higher tolerance to the harsh Australian conditions. Plant scietist Matthew Gilliham, from the University of Adelaide, was awarded $22,000 by ...

Although the destructive phylloxera insects have been reported feeding on grape rootstocks in several declining Northern California vineyards, the cause of the damage appears to be fungal activity ...

The Third Appellate District affirmed a judgment. The court held that the enactment of the Grape Rootstock Improvement Commission Law was rationally related to the legitimate public purpose of ...

Sep. 13—Steve Matthiasson often consults with fellow Napa Valley winemakers and vineyard owners, putting their heads together each year to troubleshoot environmental problems that occur. But now, as ...