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Sour Rot in Grapes: alternative management strategies update
Sour rot is a potentially devastating, late-season bunch rot of particular concern on tight clustered grapevine varieties in warm, wet years. This causes the disease to have sporadic effects on grape harvests, with some years showing only small...
  • Cornell Integrated Pest Management
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
  • Viticulture and Enology
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Multi-faceted Approaches to Vineyard Pathology Management for 2026

  • Cornell Integrated Pest Management
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
  • Viticulture and Enology
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Cornell’s Employee Excellence Awards go global

More than 75 employees were honored in this year’s ceremony, representing Cornell’s Ithaca campus as well as Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City and Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar.

  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
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Are We Standing Out in The Field, Or Are We Outstanding in The Field?
With forthcoming EPA restrictions on broad-spectrum fungicides, the future of integrated grape disease management is evolving. Biofungicides are stepping into the spotlight—a surprising development even for me, a recently reformed traditionalist...
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
  • Viticulture and Enology
  • Crops
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‘Sour’ grapes: Berry damage, fruit flies worsen wine

Damaged grape berries combined with vinegar flies are a recipe for promoting sour rot, a disease that lowers vineyard yields and wine quality.

  • Entomology
  • Department of Entomology
  • Fruits
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Life After Broad Spectrums … Can We Survive?
EPA restrictions against broad spectrum pesticides are imminent. What does that mean for the future of Eastern grape production? Dave Combs, research support specialist in Dr. Katie Gold’s Grape Pathology Laboratory at Cornell AgriTech, shares his take on what grape disease management will look like in a post-broad-spectrum world.
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
  • Viticulture and Enology
  • Crops