Cisgenic engineering involves isolation and modification of genetic elements from the host genome, which are reinserted to develop plant varieties with improved characteristics. As a first step toward ...

In an unusual and exceptional study published earlier this year, researchers found that grapevines were domesticated earlier than previously thought. While older data suggested that the fruit began ...

Scientists are gaining a better understanding of Pierce’s disease and how it affects grapevines. The disease, which annually costs California more than $100 million, comes from a bacterium called ...

Italian researchers say humans may have given grapes the bacteria that causes acne The transfer happened about 8%2C000 years ago%2C when grapes were first cultivated The researchers named the bacteria ...

Q: We just moved to Las Vegas a few days ago and inherited an old grapevine growing under a pine tree. Does it need to be watered at all in winter? When and how it should be pruned? What should I do ...

Grapes are a great backyard choice if you're seeking delicious juice, some wine to savor or snacks fresh from the vine. But look elsewhere if it's low maintenance or fast production that you want.

Q: When pruning a scuppernong or muscadine vine, is it OK to cut off the “beards?” They look like potential roots, but they hang from up high instead of growing near the base. — Amy G., email A: The ...

An unpruned grapevine can look like a tangled mess of random vines to those new to pruning grapes. However, grapevine pruning is actually quite straightforward, if you keep in mind a few basic ...

Grapevines and native plants are a fine blend for the environment, suggests a team of researchers led by a plant ecologist at the University of California, Davis. According to their research, reported ...

While the world was worrying about Napa and Sonoma counties' precious grapevines in the muddy wake of last weekend's flooding, the vines were sleeping, dreaming of whatever vines dream about.

“The juice of the grape is the liquid quintessence of concentrated sunbeams,” Englishman Thomas Love Peacock wrote 200 years ago. He was onto something. Grapes are wonderful for eating, juicing and ...

Tucked between Russia and Turkey, the Republic of Georgia is renowned for great food: cheese dishes, pickles, breads and stews. This is a cuisine that you should not miss. And on summer evenings in ...