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Selected research projects: 1986-2003

Curriculum Vita

Education

West Virginia University, B.S.(cum laude), 1979, Horticulture

Pennsylvania State University, M.S., 1982, Horticulture

Cornell University, Ph.D., 1986, Pomology and Viticulture


Professional positions

Director, Alson H. Smith, Jr., Agricultural Research and Extension Center, 1/2004-present.

Visiting scientist, Dept. HOV, Adelaide University (SA), 12/99-4/00.

Professor, VPI and SU, 7/1999-1/2004.

Associate Professor, VPI and SU, 7/1992-7/1999.

Assistant Professor, VPI and SU, 1/1986-7/1992.

Graduate Research Assistant, Cornell University, 1983-1985.

Research Assistant, Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 1982.

Graduate Research Assistant, Pennsylvania State University, 1980-1981.


Membership and service to profession

American Society for Enology and Viticulture (ASEV): member 1980-present

AJEV Associate Editor: 1995 - 2002

ASEV/Eastern Section (ASEV/ES): member 1980-present

Director (1988-1990+), Secretary (1990-992), and Chairman (1993-1994)American Society for Horticultural Science: member 1979 - present

Editorial committee: Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research (2006 - present)

Member, USDA Grape Crop Advisory Committee (CAC): 1990-1995

Member, NEC-9 "Great Lakes Grape Research" coordinating committee: 1986-1988

Member, W-130, "Freeze Damage and Protection of Fruit and Nut Crops", regional project: 1993 - present

Technical program chairman, IVth International Cool Climate Viticulture and Enology Symposium, Rochester, NY, 1996

Mid-Atlantic regional coordinator, American Viticulture and Enology Research Network (AVERN), 1996-1998

Member, Regional Guidance Committee for Viticulture Consortium:East (USDA/CSREES): 1997-present


Honors and awards

Sigma Xi grant-in-aid: 1984

American Society for Enology and Viticulture student scholarship: 1984

American Society for Enology and Viticulture/Eastern Section student scholarship: 1984

N.J. Shaulis Fund for the Advancement of Viticulture scholarship: 1984

Gamma Sigma Delta induction (Agriculture Honor Society): 1989

Invited delegate, People-to-People survey of China's wine and grape industry: 1996

Awarded "Virginia Wine Industry Person of the Year, 1997", by Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Service?s Virginia Wine Growers Advisory Board.

Awarded "Wine Industry Productivity Award, 1998" by Vinifera Wine Growers Association.

Granted Research Assignment (Sabbatic Leave) Department of Horticulture, Viticulture, and Oenology, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Oct. 1999 to Mar. 2000.

Granted Research Assignment (Sabbatical) Christchurch, New Zealand, Feb - Mar. 2006.


Refereed publications of last 8 years

Beanland, L, R. Noble, and T.K. Wolf. 2006. Spatial and temporal distribution of North American Grapevine Yellows disease and of potential vectors of the causal phytoplasmas in Virginia. Environ. Entomol. 35:332-344.

Baudoin, A., S. Finger McDonald, and T. K. Wolf. 2006. Factors affecting reductions in photosynthesis caused by applying horticultural oil to grapevine leaves. HortScience 41:346-351.

Wolf, Tony K. 2004. Crop yield effects on cold hardiness of Cabernet Sauvignon dormant buds. Acta Hort. 640 (ISHS 2004): 177-187.

LoGiudice, D., T. K. Wolf, and B.W. Zoecklein. 2004. Effects of prohexadione-calcium on grape yield components and fruit and wine composition. Amer. J. Enol. Vitic. 55:73-83.

Wolf, T.K., P.R. Dry, P. G. Iland, D. Botting, J. Dick, U. Kennedy, and R. Ristic. 2003. Response of Shiraz grapevines to five different training systems in the Barossa Valley, Australia. Australian Journal of Wine and Grape Research 9:82-95.

LoGiudice, D, T. K. Wolf, R. P. Marini. 2003. Vegetative response of Vitis vinifera to prohexadione-calcium. HortScience 38:1435-1438.

Finger, S. A., T. K. Wolf, and A. Baudoin. 2002. Effects of horticultural oils on photosynthesis, fruit maturity, and yield of wine grapes. Amer. J. Enol. Vitic. 53:(116-124).

Wolf, Tony K. and M. K. Miller. 2001. Crop yield, fruit quality, and winter injury of 12 red-fruited wine grape cultivars in Northern Virginia. J. Amer. Pomological Soc. 55:241-250.

Wolf, Tony K. and M. K. Warren. 2000. Crop yield, grape quality, and winter injury of eight wine grape cultivars in Northern Virginia. J. Amer. Pomological Soc. 54:34-43.

Capps, Eric R. and Tony K. Wolf. 2000. Reduction of bunch stem necrosis of Cabernet Sauvignon by increased tissue nitrogen concentration. Amer. J. Enol. Vitic. 51:319-328.

Vasudevan, L., Tony K. Wolf, Gregory G. Welbaum, and Michael E. Wisniewski. 1998. Reductions in bud carbohydrates are associated with grapevine bud necrosis. Vitis 37:189-190.

Davis, Robert E., Rasa Jomantiene, Ellen L. Dally, and Tony K. Wolf. 1998. Phytoplasmas associated with grapevine yellows in Virginia belong to Group 16SrI, Subgroup A (tomato big bud phytoplasma Subgroup), and Group 16SrIII, new Subgroup I. Vitis 37:131-137.

Vasudevan, L., Tony K. Wolf, Gregory, G. Welbaum, and Michael E. Wisniewski. 1998. Anatomical developments and effects of artificial shade on bud necrosis of Riesling grapevines. Amer. J. Enol. Vitic. 49:429-439.

Zoecklein, B. W. T. K. Wolf, S. E. Duncan, J.E. Marcy and Y. Jasinski. 1998. Effect of fruit zone leaf removal on total glycoconjugates and conjugate fraction concentration of Riesling and Chardonnay (Vitis vinifera L.) grapes. Amer. J. Enol. Vitic. 49:259-265.

Zoecklein, B. W., T. K.Wolf, J. E. Marcy, and Y. Jasinski. 1998. Effect of fruit zone leaf thinning on total glycosides and selected aglycone concentrations of Riesling (Vitis vinifera L.) grapes. Amer. J. Enol. Vitic. 49:35-43.


Extension and popular press publications of last 5 years

Wine Grape Production Guide for Eastern North America (NRAES-145). 2007 (In press). Wolf, Tony K. (editor), Natural Resource, Agriculture, and Engineering Service, Ithaca, NY. ~350 pp.

Wolf, Tony K. (Annual) Six issues of Viticulture Notes newsletter per year.

Wolf, Tony and J. D. Boyer. 2003. Vineyard Site Selection. Virginia Cooperative Extension Publication 463-020. 31 p. http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/viticulture/463-020/463-020.html.

Wolf, Tony and B. Zoecklein. 2003. Uruguay and Tannat wines: Part Two. Vineyard and Winery Management Jul/Aug. P. 64-67.

Wolf, Tony K. and B. Zoecklein. 2003. Uruguay -- South America's other wine producing Country: Part One. Vineyard and Winery Management May/Jun. P. 69-72.



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