Wild North American grapes are now less of a mystery after researchers decoded and catalogued the genetic diversity of nine species of this valuable wine crop. Wild North American grapes are now less ...

Grapevine diseases like white rot pose growing threats to global viticulture, leading to major yield losses and economic setbacks. While cultivated varieties boast desirable fruit traits, they often ...

Chicken of the woods growing on an ash stump. My wife, Elaine, and I are enthusiastic pursuers of wild edibles throughout the year. These natural foods are healthy, tasty, and, well, free. What’s more ...

I remember my mom used to go down the country roads and pick wild grapes for jelly making. I believe she called them Mustang grapes, but that is too much of a stretch for me to claim I remember the ...

Grapevines in the teaching vineyard at the UC Davis Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science. (Karen Block/UC Davis) Plant experts at UC Davis have defined the genetic basis of sex ...

Wine grapes shown growing at the vineyard near the Robert Mondavi Institute of Food and Wine at UC Davis. (Greg Urquiaga/UC Davis) A team of scientists has made a significant breakthrough in the ...

This is an Inside Science story. Many of the varieties of grapes used in today's wines are hundreds of years old. Genetic analysis shows that although these vines were first cultivated in Western ...

Q. I recently put up a wire fence (for a dog) in my backyard, and a friend suggested planting grapes along the fence row. I’ve never grown grapes before, and would like to try. What suggestions can ...

Wild North American grapes are now less of a mystery after an international team of researchers led by the University of California, Davis, decoded and catalogued the genetic diversity of nine species ...