Grapevine leafroll disease (GLD) is one of the most important grapevine viral diseases
affecting grapevines worldwide. The impact on vine health, crop yield, and quality is difficult to …

Grapevine is one of the most important fruit crops throughout the world. With evidence of its
cultivation in the Middle East over 8000 years ago, it is also one of the most ancient grown …

To understand ecological factors mediating the spread of insect-borne plant pathogens,
vector species for these pathogens need to be identified. Grapevine leafroll disease is caused …

UC Davis's Foundation Plant Materials Service (FPMS) maintains the disease-tested,
professionally identified collection of grape scion and rootstock varieties, which is the core of the …

Strategies to screen horticultural crops for graft-transmissible agents, particularly viruses and
phytoplasmas, have advanced substantially over the past decade. Tests used for Vitis and …

Grapevine rupestris stem pitting (RSP) is a graft-transmissible disease of unknown etiology.
We have characterized a virus associated with this disease. The entire genomic sequence (…

The expansion of fruit production and markets into new geographic areas provides novel
opportunities and challenges for the agricultural and marketing industries. Evidence that fruit …

In the 1930s and 1940s, little was known about viruses, and information on plant diseases
caused by viruses was just beginning to appear in the scientific literature. Problems with …

Development of High-Throughput Sequencing (HTS), also known as next generation
sequencing, revolutionized diagnostic research of plant viruses. HTS outperforms bioassays and …

Pathogen-tested foundation plant stocks are the cornerstone of sustainable specialty crop
production. They provide the propagative units that are used to produce clean planting …