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Erratic weather like deluge rain, longer falls, and patches of drought disrupt vinifera's adaptation to long-sustained winters. Jason Londo, Associate Professor of Horticulture in the School of Integrative Plant Sciences at Cornell AgriTech explains how big weather changes in the Pacific North East can cause vines to wake up earlier posing a risk to freeze or frost damage. By researching acclimation and deacclimation, Jason is working to breed and select varieties for enhanced cold resistance, drought resistance, pest resistance, plus good fruit quality. In the future, to reduce inputs in vineyards and increase economic sustainability we need to put the right grape in the right climate.

• 135: Cold Hardiness of Grapevines
• Cold Hardiness prediction model and monitoring website for the Eastern US
• Foliar Applied Abscisic Acid Increases 'Chardonnay' Grapevine Bud Freezing Tolerance during Autumn Cold Acclimation
• Jason Londo
• Jason Londo's Recent Publications
• Vitis Underground: NSF-PGRP project looking at rootstock-scion interaction across multiple environments.

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Craig Macmillan 0:00

Our guest today is Jason Londo. He is Associate Professor of horticulture in the School of integrative Plant Sciences at Cornell agritech. We're gonna talk about some pretty cool stuff today. Thanks for coming on the show. Jason,

Jason Londo 0:11

Thank you for having me.

Craig Macmillan 0:12

Your work tends to center around identifying things like climate induced disorders, developing medication methods, improving resiliency and sustainability of crops like apples and grapes. How did you become interested in that that's a pretty interesting area.

Unknown Speaker 0:26

Originally, I was mostly interested