UC ANR - Grape Day at the Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center – a time-honored learning event dating to the late 1960s – was convened again on Aug. 12 for wine, table and raisin grape growers to hear about the latest field trials and innovations.
“The primary purpose of Grape Day is to showcase research that University of California faculty, specialists and advisors are doing to benefit the California grape industry, and particularly for growers in the San Joaquin Valley,” said Matthew Fidelibus, UC Cooperative Extension specialist in the UC Davis Department of Viticulture and Enology.
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At the first stop, Andreas Westphal, professor of Cooperative Extension in the Department of Nematology at UC Riverside, provided an overview on the biology of nematodes – microscopic roundworms that can rob grapevines of vigor and yield.
Then Ashraf El-kereamy, UCCE specialist in the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences at UC Riverside, shared the results of testing two products aimed at mitigating heat stress on table grapes.