1. Florida’s New Fountain of Youth ! Dr. Norman C. Leppla University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

2. Naples Children and Education Foundation - Wine Auction

3. Naples Art Gallery’s Wine Vessels

4. Why Grapes?  World’s most valuable fruit crop  10–12 th most valuable crop in U.S.  Florida is the 2 nd greatest consumer of grape products in the U.S.  But, Florida must import most grape products  Florida’s NEW fountain of youth!

5. Grape Research at IFAS  Health benefits  Food Processing  Integrated Pest Management  Plant Breeding

6. ALACHUA COUNTY COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE "Helping people to improve the quality of their lives."

8. Wine and Your Health ?  IFAS grape research- native muscadines  Food Science and Human Nutrition  Heart disease and cancer- polyphenols  Antioxidents prevent free radical damage  Research from animals to humans

9. Dr. Dennis Gray

10. Dr. Jimmy Cheek Dr. Sue Percival

11. Carol Leppla

12. Pierce’s Disease The entire vine dies due to disruption of water flow in the trunk

13. Pierce’s Disease   Endemic in Florida and California  Caused by the bacterium, Xylella fastidiosa  Xylem limited and infects a wide range of plants  Lethal to all Vitis vinifera varieties  Transmitted primarily by leaf hoppers

14. Pierce’s Disease Leaf Hopper

15. Glassy-winged sharpshooter Homalodisca coagulata

16. UF, IFAS, Mid-Florida Research & Education Center

17. In Vitro Selection of Grape  Rapid selection of resistant plants  Rapid identification of novel proteins  Rapid identification of useful genes

18. Germination of Grapevine Somatic Embryos in Conditioned Medium Susceptible Resistant

19. Susceptible Grape Plants from Embryos Resistant

20. Pierce’s Disease Tolerant Vines

23. Southwest Florida Horticulture Learning Center

24. Dr. Dennis Gray & Jeanne Burgess