Innovitis

Measurements season is going well this year with our new crew. We welcome 2 new post doc Diego and Abiodun, Luca and Alessandro PhD and master students from Italy 🇮🇹 and Luis, Peyton and Dez from Fresno State 🐾 Missing our trusted Carlos, Erica and Ben in this picture.

ASEV conference went well this year with 3 talks, 2 flash talks and 4 posters of the lab. We were glad to share our research about virus identification, water status measurements, grape composition assessment, table grape improvement and the use of imputation models for phenology datasets.

Another student leaving the lab after her brillant work on her master thesis and so much more. We are grateful for all the amazing work you have done with us Kaylah. Wish you all the best in your career that has already well started! 👩🏻‍🎓🎉👏

Can we use hyperspectral imaging to assess virus infections in grapevines?
Yes, we can! Before and after symptom expression, we can also distinguish between leafroll and red blotch symptoms.
Read this exciting new publication from the lab!
Congratulations to everyone involved, especially Erica Sawyer and Eve LP!

Phenotyping grapevine red blotch virus and grapevine leafroll-associated viruses before and after symptom expression through machine-learning analysis of hyperspectral images IntroductionGrapevine leafroll-associated viruses (GLRaVs) and grapevine red blotch virus (GRBV) cause substantial economic losses and concern to North America’s grape and wine industries. Fast and accurate identification of these two groups of viruses is key to informing disease management strate...

Excited to announce that Fresno State is joining the International Viticulture & Enology Society as the very first US Academic Member! IVES is the network of world-leading universities in viticulture and enology and the publisher of Oeno-One, IVES Technical Reviews, and IVES Conference Series three outstanding scientific journals all in open access!