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Trudi Black, 573-882-6656, BlackTJ@missouri.edu
Missouri Grape & Wine Symposium
Friday, Dec. 7, 2012
Bond Life Sciences Center
Free registration
Did you know that:
- Missouri was once a leader in wine production.
- World-wide, most wines are produced from grapes growing on Missouri rootstocks.
- Missouri produces wines that can compete with the world’s best.
- Missouri grapevines have unique traits adapting them to diverse environments.
- The grapevine was the first fruit crop with a sequenced genome.
Learn more at the Missouri Grape & Wine Symposium!
Come sample the very active grape and wine research happening across campus, connect with colleagues with similar research interests and tastes, and enjoy the fruits of their labors at a wine-centered reception following the scientific program.
Symposium Agenda
| 12–12:30 p.m. | Refreshments | |
| 12:30–12:40 | Ingolf Gruen | Introduction |
| 12:40–1 p.m. | Tammy Jones | The History of Grape and Wine at MU |
| 1–1:20 p.m. | Fabio Chaddad | Rural Entrepreneurship in the Wine Industry: Identifying Success Factors Among Start-Up Wineries in Emerging Regions |
| 1:20–1:40 p.m. | Chin-Feng Hwang | Exploring the Genetic Resources of Norton Grape for Fungal Disease Resistance |
| 1:40–2 p.m. | Fei Gao | Molecular Mechanisms of Grapevine Resistance to Powdery Mildew |
| 2–2:20 p.m. | Laszlo Kovacs | Selection for Run1-Ren1 dihybrid grapevines using microsatellite markers |
| 2:20–2:40 p.m. | Break | |
| 2:40–3 p.m. | Wenping Qiu | Grapevine vein clearing virus: the first DNA virus discovered in Missouri vineyards and its characteristics |
| 3–3:20 p.m. | James Schoelz | Analysis of a strong, constitutive promoter derived from Grapevine vein clearing |
| 3:20–3:40 p.m. | Justin Fay | Differentiation of wild and wine yeast strains and its impact on wine making |
| 3:40–4 p.m. | Misha Kwasniewski | Evolution of Sulfur Flavor Chemistry During Winemaking and Storage |
| 4–4:20 p.m. | Allison Miller | An Anthony Peccoux collaborative legacy: An urban vineyard for examining responses of V. riparia and V. rupestris to temperature and drought stress |
| 4:20–4:30 p.m. | Closing remarks and planning for the future | |
| 4:30–6 p.m. | Reception & Networking | |
