Spotted lanternfly season is back in Pennsylvania. The polka-dotted, gray-and-red-winged adult insects make their appearance each July and tend to hang around until December. It's an unwelcome summer ...

While heavy infestations of spotted lanternfly on grapevines—especially in successive years—can result in their demise, most vines may be able to survive lighter infestations with few ill effects.

Grapevines (Vitis spp.) offer the potential for contributing to the North American prairie biomass based economy. While these regions are too cold for the traditional V. vinifera wine grape ...

Scientists are gaining a better understanding of Pierce’s disease and how it affects grapevines. The disease, which annually costs California more than $100 million, comes from a bacterium called ...

The implications of this research extend beyond grapevines and offer insights into the genetic mechanisms of resistance in other susceptible crops. By harnessing the power of genetics, genomics, and ...

It’s been 10 years since the Spotted Lanternfly arrived in Pennsylvania from China and while it didn’t devastate the state’s ...

If you plan to grow woody plants such as fruit trees or grapevines, it is important to train them early. The first few years of growth determines the final shape and structure of a plant. I was ...

Digital Viticulture: Cornell Lab Detecting Diseases In Grapevines Using Robots, Satellites. By Science Department Oct 4, 2023 4:09 pm · Updated Oct 4, 2023 8:10 pm Reading time: about 5 minutes ...

Jan M. van Niekerk, Pedro W. Crous, J. Z. (Ewald) Groenewald, Paul H. Fourie, Francois Halleen, DNA Phylogeny, Morphology and Pathogenicity of Botryosphaeria Species ...

Turtle Run Winery's Jim Pfeiffer had grapevines decimated in 2012 in a 'killer freeze.' The weather forecast for May 9 led him to fight ice with fire.