Designing a better wine label: eye-tracking tech for the grape industry
The way your eyes move while looking at packaging can help scientists design better labels for wine bottles and table grape containers.
Powdery Mildew-resistant "Renstack" Vines Released to the Public Domain
Eight "Renstack" grapevines developed over the course the VitisGen project have been released to Foundation Plant Services at UCDavis and will serve as a powerful resource for both public and private grape breeders. Developing varieties with resilient powdery-mildew resistance is "a solution to an intractable issue." Article published in Wine Business Monthly!
VitisGen3 featured by CBC News!
Project Director Dr. Matt Clark and VitisGen3 are featured in a new article by Darius Mahdavi of CBC News about the future of Canadian vineyards and the implications of VitisGen-driven biotechnology research for the wine industry.
What makes a SuperGrape?
Stacking disease resistance genes for grapevines with staying power.
Seedlessness in grapes
A dive into a question that many consumers wonder about: how does seedlessness occur in table grapes?