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DEVELOPMENT AND OPTIMIZATION OF AN IN-FIELD, AUTOMATED DETECTION SYSTEM FOR AIRBORNE GRAPEVINE POWDERY MILDEW SPORES

Objective

Our goal is to develop an effective pathogen monitoring system for airborne grapevine powderymildew. Our objectives are to identify the spatial resolution necessary for confident early warning ofgrapevine powdery mildew using our prototype devicesand to understand the limitations of our current detection platform.Thus, we will 1) perform field tests to determine the optimal layout of devices in vineyards withvariable topography, and 2) perform laboratory tests to understand the impact of environmentalinhibitors (e.g., soil, sulfur dust) on our DNA-based analysis.

Investigators
Placella, S.
Institution
ROOT APPLIED SCIENCES INC.
Start date
2022
End date
2023
Funding Source
Nat'l. Inst. of Food and Agriculture
Project number
CALW-2022-01369
Accession number
1028598
https://portal.nifa.usda.gov/web/crisprojectpages/1028598.html