VASCM: UC Davis Program: Current Issues in Vineyard Health, Nov. 30

[Mary Lindsay, Muns Vineyard]

UC Davis has a program Nov. 30: *Current Issues in Vineyard Health. *
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*Guest instructors, chosen for their involvement in developing solutions 
to the problems associated with grape pests and diseases, provide the 
latest management information on current topics. This year's topics 
include: breeding grapevines for Pierce's Disease resistance, 
controlling grape fungal disease such as powdery mildew and Botrytis 
bunch rot diseases, the grape growers' role in managing exotic pests and 
diseases, and mealybugs and grapevine leafroll viruses. Lectures are 
provided by a talented group of speakers comprised of UC faculty, 
departmental experts and UC farm advisors and cover: the biology of 
mealybugs in California and their control, the dangers of spreading 
mealybugs in pomace and the prevention of the disease, and damage 
reduction in the vineyards.
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Instructor(s): *

*Deborah Golino*, Ph.D., is director of Foundation Plant Services and is 
a UC Cooperative Extension specialist in the Department of Plant 
Pathology, UC Davis. Her research focuses on the study of grapevine 
virus, virus-like diseases and the reduction of the damage they cause.

*When: *

Nov. 30: Wed., 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

*Where: *

Da Vinci Building, 1632 Da Vinci Ct, Davis, CA

*Fee: *

$190.00 Includes course material and lunch.

More information at
http://extension.ucdavis.edu/unit/agriculture_and_food_science/course/description/?type=A&unit=AG&SectionID=158761&prglist=AGR