Report to the California Department of Food and Agriculture Pierce's Disease/Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter Board on the Review of Research Proposals on Grapevine Virus Diseases and Their Vectors (2023)
Chapter: Appendix G: Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest
APPENDIX G
DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
The conflict-of-interest policies of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine generally prohibit an individual from participating in a matter if the individual has a conflict of interest with respect to the matter.
When the committee that authored this Consensus Study Report was established, a determination of whether there was a conflict of interest with respect to any of the proposals to be reviewed by the committee was made for each committee member given the individual’s circumstances and the task being undertaken by the committee. A determination that an individual has a conflict of interest is not an assessment of that individual’s actual behavior or character or ability to act objectively despite the conflicting interest.
The below conflicts of interest were disclosed related to committee members’ shared affiliation or relationship with the principal investigator or other members of research teams that submitted proposals. These committee members were recused from any involvement in the review of the proposals for which they had a conflict.
| Proposal Title | Committee Member(s) Recused |
| Epidemiological Characteristics of Grapevine Red Blotch Disease | Elizabeth Cieniewicz |
| Mechanisms of Fanleaf Disease Symptom Development for Novel Resistance Strategies | Elizabeth Cieniewicz |
| Resistance to Grapevine Leafroll-Associated Virus 3 and Its Two Major Mealybug Vectors | Elizabeth Cieniewicz |
| Investigation of the Dispersal Behavior and Host Plant Preference of the Three-Cornered Alfalfa Hopper (Spissistilus festinus; TCAH), a Vector of Grapevine Red Blotch Virus (GRBV) | Elizabeth Cieniewicz |
| Autonomous Field-Scouting of Virus Infections in White Varieties and PreSymptomatic Vines | Elizabeth Cieniewicz |
| Evaluating the Effects of Two Biological Control Strategies on Pierce’s Disease and Grapevine Virus Populations in a Commercial California Vineyard | Elizabeth Cieniewicz |
| Developing an Efficient DNA-Free, Non-Transgenic Genome Editing Methodology in Grapevine | Stuart Reitz |
| Identification of Grapevine Host Factors with Pro-Viral Activity to Target for Resistance Against Red Blotch Virus through CRISPR Gene Editing | Stuart Reitz |
