Visual assessment of the grape and wine sector's most costly disease, powdery mildew, will be easier with a new, free smart-phone app developed by University of Adelaide researchers and collaborators.

One of the biggest threats to vineyards local grape growers face is powdery mildew, a fungus that can ruin their crop if left unchecked. But spraying can be problematic, so the more than 200 vineyard ...

Grape breeders across the country are working to develop varieties that won’t fall victim to powdery mildew, a fungus that threatens grapes just about anywhere they are grown, and now artificial ...

Q: Last year my grapes had such bad powdery mildew that even the grapes dried up and looked moldy and shriveled. I was told by the master gardeners at the farmer’s market that I needed to do something ...

While Botrytis is the most destructive plant pathogen in grapes, powdery mildew is also a persistent U.S. vineyard threat. Mevalone is a formidable tool to assist growers in their fight against both ...

Grape growers and winemakers around the world will be able to easily assess powdery mildew in the field with the help of a mobile application just released globally. PMapp, which supports decisions ...

Q: I have a 5-year-old Thompson grape that was a great producer for the last four years. Last year, the grape leaves had a white "dust" on them, the grapes were small, and some did not ripen at all.

Willamette Valley Vineyards is using a special band of ultraviolet light, called UVC, to help preserve it’s prized wine grapes. “In our research, we found that the special band of light also kills ...

New field trials show that it kills a powdery mildew that would otherwise damage vine leaves and destroy grapes. Many urban dwellers don’t realize that mildew is more than the unsightly bane of shower ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Close up of powdery mildew fungi on plant leaf - Dulanja Omesh/Shutterstock If you've started to notice tiny, white, powdery, or ...

Grape growers and winemakers around the world will be able to easily assess powdery mildew in the field with the help of a mobile application just released globally. Grape growers and winemakers ...