Grapevine Leafroll Virus
For the second installment of this four part webinar series, we welcomed Dr. José Úrbez-Torres and Dr. Tom Lowery of the British Columbia Summerland Research and Development Centre, and Dr. Vaughn Bell of The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited. These individuals presented on the Grapevine Leafroll Virus (GLRV) in Canada and New Zealand - its effects on vine and wine, vectors and vector management, testing methods, plant material standards, and eradication strategies.
If you have any questions in regards to research and results obtained in studies of Leafroll, please contact joseramon.urbeztorres@canada.ca. If you have questions in regards to New Zealand's mitigation strategies, please contact Vaughn.Bell@plantandfood.co.nz.