4/4: The core FPS grapevine collection holds over 2,100 selections, and more are added every year. The Phase 1 greenhouse will not fit them all, and we are planning to construct a 14,400 square foot screenhouse in Phase 2 of the project.

Deborah Golino was a beloved member of the UC Davis family who died unexpectedly in December. A celebration of her life and career, including as Foundation Plant Sciences director, will be held April 27. Register to attend or share a special memory: ucdavis.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6m…

We have discovered two divergent variants of a potyvirus spp. to infect periwinkle plants. Details can be found here Plant Disease apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PD…

⁦National Clean Plant Network⁩ #berries meeting ⁦Foundation Plant Services⁩ ⁦Clean_Plant_Arkansas⁩ ⁦Shivani Singh⁩ ⁦Thien Ho⁩

Looking forward to more fruitful discussion and ideas National Clean Plant Network National Clean Plant Network Foundation Plant Services Ioannis Tzanetakis Thien Ho #berries meeting 2024.

FPS has been pleased to host Dr Mona Albloushi and Ahmad Aljabr for training. It has been a great opportunity to share protocols for high throughput sequencing used at our plant diagnostic and quarantine center.

After #spottedlanternfly egg masses made it to CA in a shipment, Lodi Wine Growers's Stephanie Bolton compiled this guide to how/why grape growers must urgently remove SLF’s preferred host, Tree of Heaven, from vineyard areas and transpo pathways. #graperesearch tinyurl.com/yc5c9a3v

FPS is pleased to announce that Ejay Dehal has joined the team as Director of Production and Quality Assurance. Ejay brings decades of industry experience in operational management and quality assurance that he will apply at FPS. Read full announcement: bit.ly/FPS2489

Foundation Plant Sciences is a world-renowned facility charged w/ ensuring grapevines, strawberries, fruit & nut trees, roses & other crops are free of viruses & pathogens. Learn more about this #UCDavis facility & the nation's largest clean plant center: caes.ucdavis.edu/news/foundatio…

Dr. Jie Li and Dr. Miguel Gomez from the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University are investigating vineyard growers' demand for clean, certified grape plant material. You can participate! Complete the 5-minute survey here: bit.ly/grapeeconomics

Industry Roundtable: Vine Certification article in September issue of Wine Business Monthly features FPS director Maher Al Rwahnih in a conversation about import and virus testing of grape material. Check it out! winebusiness.com/wbm/article/29…

Alum Nick Dokoozlian is considered “the most perfect viticultural mind our world has seen” & has shepherded millions of research dollars to UC Davis on behalf of the wine industry. He is being honored with a CA&ES, UC Davis Award of Distinction. caes.ucdavis.edu/news/events/co…

In a first-ever study of insects' ability to hitchhike on cars, Agricultural Research Service researchers found evidence that #spottedlanternfly is doing just that. In wind flow tests, #SLF nymphs and adults could stick to vehicles moving as fast as 60 mph. #graperesearch tinyurl.com/545hmavy

In #graperesearch funded by CA Dept. of Pesticide Regulation, Lodi Wine Growers enlisted #detectordogs to ID the presence of GLRaV-3 and vine mealybug in vineyards. They successfully sniffed out leafroll infection 93.4% and VMB 97.3% of the time, and ruled out leafroll ~100%. tinyurl.com/3smxedjr

🎁 Give the gift of care for your loved one and our planet this holiday season. If you’re buying and shipping plants or seeds, buy from domestic sources or follow import laws to ensure they arrive free of invasive plant pests and diseases. aphis.usda.gov/plant-pests-di…

Grapevine viruses, GRBD and GLD, are growing threats to the $73 billion California #WineIndustry. National Academies’s latest report outlines strategies for managing these diseases. Read more: nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27472

What a century-old grapevine reveals about a disease that plagues wine country phys.org/news/2024-12-c… via Phys.org

شكراً الاخوة في البحوث الزراعية البحوث الزراعيةوالحيوانية - سلطنة عُمان وعلى رأسهم الأخ د. علي العدوي علي بن عبيد العدوي على تنظيم هذا الملتقى القيم بمشاركة الخبراء؛ د. ماهر الرواحنة من جامعة كاليفورنيا- داڤيس، و د. رائد ابو قبع، وشرح واف عن اهمية الشبكات الوطنية لانتاج شتلات خالية من الآفات والأمراض🌿 بوركتم

Funding announcement! Dept. of Agriculture provides more than $70M in FY 2025 to protect our food supply and natural resources from invasive plant pests and diseases. Learn more: aphis.usda.gov/ppa-projects

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