Volume 70 Number 3 Article 5 Pages: 158-164
Year 2016 Month 7
Title: A History of Bunch Grapes Research in Mississippi
Author: Eric T. Stafne
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Abstract:
Bunch grapes research in Mississippi has helped shape the current grape industry in the southeastern United
States.
Cultural management studies, cultivar and rootstock trials, processing (wine, juice, raisin), and Pierce’s
disease research all contributed to the base knowledge of the region.
Research began at Mississippi A&M College
as early as 1888 and presently continues at Mississippi State University.
The most impactful research over the
years was primarily in the areas of Pierce’s disease identification and plant response and cultivar development.
Norman Loomis, United States Department of Agriculture, pushed grape research forward in Mississippi for decades.
His work was influential and eventually led to the release of three bunch grape cultivars, Miss Blanc, Miss
Blue, and MidSouth.
Today, the grape industry in Mississippi is very small, but with rapidly growing industries
in surrounding states it seems only a matter of time before Mississippi follows and grape research once again
becomes a substantial area of interest.
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