The current project aims to understand the role that stress factors caused as a result of climate change (water stress, heat domes, freezing events) factors play on GTDs development. In…

Objectives:  1. Management of GTD in nurseries and young vineyards a) investigate non-destructive methods and evaluate molecular tools to efficiently detect Grapevine Trunk Diseases (GTD) pathogens in nursery material; b)…

This activity continues work performed under a BC GF2 AgriInnovation Program with increased focus on the role of vectors in the spread of leafroll and red blotch viruses and on…

Objectives: a) Testing of dormant grapevine nursery stock for abundance of Agrobacterium vitis; b) isolation of potential biocontrols against A. vitis from vineyards in British Columbia and Ontario; c) evaluation…

Agrobacterium vitis is the causal agent of grapevine crown gall, an economically important disease in cold climate viticulture regions. The disease occurs frequently in Okanagan vineyards and limits grape production…

This study is working towards the long term goal of finding effective management strategies of the major grapevine trunk disease (GTD) pathogens found in British Columbia, as well as those…

This project addresses the economic and environmental sustainability of the sector through the development of an array of diagnostic tools and disease management strategies, which will be required to mitigate…