Grape Pathology Research Program

The Grape Pathology Research Program focuses on the development of disease-resistant plants. The current objective is to silence an essential oncogene of the grapevine crown gall pathogen Agrobacterium vitis in a Petunia hybrida model system and to explore the applicability of the gene silencing mechanism for the development of crown gall-resistant grapevines. The program also involves studies on the agronomical impact of latent viral infections on hybrid grapevines. 

Dr. Laszlo Kovacs directs this research program.

Link to "Agrobacterium tumefaciens, The Causal Agent of Crown Gall Disease"
Presented 19 November 2001 to AGH 483 Diseases of Economic Plants

State Fruit Experiment Station