Dr. Chin-Feng Hwang has joined us this month. He came from UC Davis in California, where he was working on the genetics of resistance to the dagger nematode in grapes. His main work here will be in grape breeding, and the first thing he will do is cross the disease resistant Norton grape with the disease susceptible Cabernet Sauvignon grape. He will grow lots of offspring from … [Read more...] about New member of the Grape Genetics lab
Archives for August 27, 2010
The juice analysis results for the berry samples taken this morning are as follows: 8/27/2010 Cultivar °Brix pH TA Taminette N 19.2 3.30 0.617 Chambourcin MVEC 20.8 3.32 0.825 Chambourcin F 20.1 3.21 0.750 Catawba DM 17.8 3.24 0.835 Catawba W 16.6 3.24 0.977 Norton NN 21.0 3.39 1.200 Norton … [Read more...] about Grape juice chemistry