VitisGen Teams

Breeding Team | Genetics Team | Trait Evaluation Team | Trait Economics Team
Project Management Team | Extension and Outreach Team


VitisGen Breeding Team

Bruce Reisch (Grape Breeding Lead)
Professor, Cornell University, 630 W. North St., Geneva, NY 14456, bir1@cornell.edu

Lance Cadle-Davidson
Plant Pathologist, USDA-ARS GGRU, 630 W. North St., Geneva, NY 14456, Lance.CadleDavidson@ars.usda.gov

Matthew Clark
Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, 1970 Folwell Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108, clark776@umn.edu.

Anne Fennell
Professor, South Dakota State University, 254b Northern Plains Biostress Laboratory, Brookings, SD 57007, anne.fennell@sdstate.edu

Chin-Feng Hwang
Professor, Missouri State University, 9740 Red Spring Road, Mountain Grove, MO 65711 ChinFengHwang@missouristate.edu

Craig Ledbetter
Research Geneticist, USDA-ARS CDPG, 9611 S. Riverbend Ave., Parlier, CA 93648, Craig.Ledbetter@ars.usda.gov

Andy Walker
Professor, University California-Davis, 2152 RMI North Building, Davis, CA 95616, awalker@ucdavis.edu

Gan-Yuan Zhong
Research Leader, USDA-ARS GGRU and PGRU, 630 W. North St., Geneva, NY 14456, GanYuan.Zhong@ars.usda.gov

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VitisGen Genetics Team

Lance Cadle-Davidson (Genetics Lead)
Plant Pathologist, USDA-ARS GGRU, 630 W. North St., Geneva, NY 14456, Lance.CadleDavidson@ars.usda.gov

Ed Buckler
Plant Geneticist, USDA-ARS PSNRL, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, Ed.Buckler@ars.usda.gov

Jason Londo
Plant Geneticist, USDA-ARS GGRU, 630 W. North St., Geneva, NY 14456, jason.londo@ars.usda.gov

Sean Myles
Assistant Professor, Department of Plant & Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture
Dalhousie University Agricultural Campus, PO Box 550 Truro, NS, B2N 5E3, seanmichaelmyles@Dal.Ca

Peter Schweitzer
Senior Research Associate, Cornell University, 149 Biotechnology Bldg., Ithaca, NY 14853, pas48@cornell.edu

Qi Sun
Senior Research Associate, Cornell Computational Biology Service Unit (CBSU)
Cornell University, 618 Rhoades Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, QiSun@cornell.edu

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VitisGen Trait Evaluation Team

Anne Fennell (Trait Evaluation Lead; Low Temperature Responses Lead)
Professor, South Dakota State University, 254b Northern Plains Biostress Laboratory, Brookings, SD 57007, anne.fennell@sdstate.edu

Lance Cadle-Davidson (Powdery Mildew Resistance Lead)
Plant Pathologist, USDA-ARS GGRU, 630 W. North St., Geneva, NY 14456, Lance.CadleDavidson@ars.usda.gov

David Gadoury
Senior Research Associate, Cornell University, 630 W. North St., Geneva, NY 14456, dmg4@cornell.edu

Robert Seem
Professor, Cornell University, 630 W. North St., Geneva, NY 14456, rcs4@cornell.edu

Wayne Wilcox,
Professor, Cornell University, 630 W. North St., Geneva, NY 14456, wfw1@cornell.edu

Gavin Sacks (Fruit Quality Lead)
Associate Professor, Cornell University, 630 W. North St., Geneva, NY 14456, gls9@cornell.edu

Anna Katharine Mansfield
Associate Professor, Cornell University, 630 W. North St., Geneva, NY 14456, akm87@cornell.edu

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VitisGen Trait Economics Team

Julian Alston (Trait Economics Lead)
Professor, University California-Davis, 2157 Social Sciences & Humanities, Davis, CA 95616, julian@primal.ucdavis.edu

Scott Davidson
Professor, Oklahoma City University, 2501 N Blackwelder, Oklahoma City, OK 73106, SDavidson@okcu.edu

Jayson Lusk,
Professor, Oklahoma State University, 411 Ag Hall, Stillwater, OK 74078, jayson.lusk@okstate.edu

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VitisGen Project Management Team

Elizabeth (Takacs) Demmings (Project Management Lead)
VitisGen Project Manager, Cornell University, 630 W. North St., Geneva, NY 14456, emt32@cornell.edu

Bruce Reisch
Professor, Cornell University, 630 W. North St., Geneva, NY 14456, bir1@cornell.edu

Lance Cadle-Davidson
Plant Pathologist, USDA-ARS GGRU, 630 W. North St., Geneva, NY 14456, Lance.CadleDavidson@ars.usda.gov

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VitisGen Extension and Outreach Team

Hans Walter-Peterson (Extension and Outreach Lead)
Viticulture Extension Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension, 417 Liberty Street, Penn Yan, NY 14527, hcw5@cornell.edu

Eric Stafne
Assistant Extension Professor, Mississippi State University, 810 Hwy. 26 West, Poplarville MS 39470, estafne@ext.msstate.edu

To learn more about Grape Extension and Outreach programs please go to the following links:
http://www.eviticulture.org and http://www.extension.org/grapes.


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Funding for VitisGen "Accelerating grape cultivar improvement via phenotyping centers and next generation markers" is provided by a Specialty Crop Research Initiative Competitive Grant, Award No. 2011-51181-30635, of the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. This site is hosted at Cornell University. Copyright © 2015.