Grapes
New York state is ranked fourth in the nation for grape production and Cornell AgriTech has an important connection to the success of this industry. We cover the spectrum of grower needs in the areas of grape breeding, best horticultural practices and disease and pest management. In the past 100 years, Cornell AgriTech has released 59 juice, table and wine grape varieties adapted to cool climates. Our experts are at the forefront of evolving disease and pest conditions in New York state and perform innovative research to help growers overcome challenges in order to produce the healthiest grapes possible.
Our grape experts
Senior Extension Associate
School of Integrative Plant Science
Horticulture Section
Cornell AgriTech
Timothy Martinson
- (315) 787-2448
- tem2 [at] cornell.edu
Viticulture Extension
Assistant Professor and Susan Eckert Lynch Faculty Fellow
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Cornell AgriTech
Katie Gold
- (315) 787-2447
- kg557 [at] cornell.edu
Plant disease detection and epidemiology
Grape pathology
Remote sensing and imaging spectroscopy
Courtesy Associate Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Cornell AgriTech
Lance Cadle-Davidson
- (315) 787-2442
- lance.cadledavidson [at] ars.usda.gov
Sustainable management of grapevine fungal and oomycete diseases
Host-pathogen co-evolution and disease resistance
Enhanced breeding using genomic tools
Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Horticulture Section
Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
Cornell AgriTech
Bruce Reisch
- (315) 787-2239
- bir1 [at] cornell.edu
Grape breeding and genomics
Molecular genetic mapping
Marker-assisted selection
Gregory Loeb
- (315) 787-2345
- gme1 [at] cornell.edu
Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Cornell AgriTech
Marc Fuchs
- (315) 787-2487
- mf13 [at] cornell.edu
Virus diseases of fruit and vegetable crops
Grape viruses
Plant virus-insect vector interactions
Anna Katharine Mansfield
- (315) 787-2268
- akm87 [at] cornell.edu
Adjunct associate professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Horticulture Section
Cornell AgriTech
Jason Londo
- (315) 787-2463
- jason.londo [at] usda.gov
Grape stress physiology, genetics and genomics
Grape expertise
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