Water inside GRAPES

摘要

A Washington State University graduate student recently returned from the world's most prestigious wine university where she collaborated in research on how grape berry water flow influences ripening. Her research highlights the detrimental effects overhead irrigation could have in delaying sugar acci imulation and increasing cracking, especially with Concord juice grapes and, to a lesser degree, with Syrah wine grapes. Doctoral student Yun Zhang spent three months in France analyzing grape berry samples she brought from Washington State. The University of Bordeaux has a specialized molecular biology laboratory designed for genetic work. She received grants and financial support from both WSU and Bordeaux's Institut des Sciences de Vigne et du Vin (Institute of Vine and Wine Sciences).