Research Interests | Faculty Duties | Committee Organization | Honors and Awards | Referred Publications | Extension Publications | Publications and Reports | Websites – Online Publications |  Education | Appointments  | Professional Memberships

Research Interests
•Viticulture: canopy management, vine balance, sustainable production practices
•Vine Physiology

Faculty Duties
•Extension – statewide industry outreach
•Applied research
•Teaching: Hort 453 Grapevine Growth and Physiology; Hort 454 Principles and Practices of Vineyard Management; Viticulture Lecture Series distance education

Committee Organization
Director, Board of Directors of American Society for Enology and Viticulture 2009-present
Co-chair, Willamette Valley Research & Technical Group 2008-present
Chair, Oregon Viticulture Working Group, 2007-present
Member, Oregon Wine Industry Symposium organizing committee 2007-present
Chair, OSU Viticulture & Enology Research Colloquium planning committee 2010
Member, National Viticulture Extension Leadership Working Group 2007-present
Member, technical committee, Low-Input Viticulture & Enology (LIVE) certification program, 2008-present
Member, curriculum committee, Horticulture Dept OSU, 2007-present
Member, search committees for Oregon Wine Research Institute faculty 2009-2010
grape genomics researcher (2008-09)
entomology faculty (2008)
viticulture extension faculty (2007)
Member, panel for Viticulture Consortium East grant proposals 2009
Moderator, ASEV annual meeting supplier showcase viticulture session 2008, 2010

Honors and Awards
Savery Young Faculty Award, Oregon State University College of Agricultural Sciences – 2010 Search for Excellence Award, Oregon State University Extension Association – 2009
Shining Star Award, Ronald E. McNair PostBaccalaureate Achievement Program – 2008

Referred Publications
Walton V. M., Dreves A. J., Coop L.B., Jones G.B, P.A. Skinkis. 2010. Developmental Parameters and Seasonal Phenology of Calepitrimerus vitis (Acari: Eriophyidae) in Wine Grapes of Western Oregon. Environ. Entomol. 39 (6). DOI: 10.1603/ENO09197.

Skinkis, P.A., B.P. Bordelon, and E. Butz. 2010. The Identification and Quantitative Analysis of Monoterpenes in Grapes from Various Cluster Shading Regimes and the Influence on Wine Quality of Traminette. Am. J. Enol. Vitic. 61:2. 147-155.

Skinkis, P.A., B.P. Bordelon, K.V. Wood. 2008. The Identification and Quantitative Analysis of Monoterpenes in Traminette, Gewürztraminer and Riesling Grapes. Am. J. Enol. Vitic. 59: 440–445.

Bordelon, B.P, P.A. Skinkis, P.H. Howard. 2008. Impact of Training System on Vine Performance and Fruit Composition of Traminette. Am. J. Enol. Vitic. 59: 39-46.

Walton, V., A.J. Dreves, D.H. Gent, R.R. Martin, U. Chambers, P.A. Skinkis. 2007. Relationship Between Rust Mites, Calepitrimerus vitis (Acari: Eriophyidae), Bud Mites, Colomerus vitis (Acari: Eriophyidae) and Short Shoot Syndrome in Oregon Vineyards. Internat. J. Acarol. 33: 1-12.

Skinkis, P. 2005. Monoterpenes: Vineyard Management in Developing Wine Aroma. American Wine Society Journal. 37:50-52.


Extension Publications
P.A. Skinkis and R.P. Schreiner. 2010. Grapevine Nutrition. Online educational module and diagnostic tool. Oregon State University Extension Service.

P.A. Skinkis. 2010. Herbicides and Grapevines: Understanding the Risks. Online educational module and diagnostic tool. Oregon State University Extension Service.

Skinkis, P., J. Pscheidt, V. Walton, A. Dreves, N. Allen, J. Sanchez. 2008, 2009, 2010. Pest Management Guide for Wine Grapes in Oregon. Oregon State University Extension Service EM8413E.

James, D., Skinkis, P., Walton, V. 2008, 2009, 2010. “Grape Pests” In 2008, 2009 Pacific Northwest Insect Pest Management Handbook. Pacific Northwest Extension Publication. (updated annually)

Walton, V., A. Dreves, P. Skinkis, C. Kaiser, M. Buchanan, R. Hilton, R.R. Martin, S. Castagnoli, S. Renquist. Oct 2009. Grapevine Leafroll Virus and Mealybug Prevention and Management in Oregon Vineyards. Oregon State University Extension Service EM8990 (English) and EM8990S (Spanish).

Skinkis, P.A., A.J. Dreves, V.M. Walton and R.R. Martin. July 2009. Field Monitoring for Grapevine Leafroll Virus and Mealybug in Pacific Northwest Vineyards. Oregon State University Extension Service EM8985 (English) and EM8985S (Spanish).

Walton, V., P. Skinkis, A. Dreves, C. Kaiser, S. Renquist, S. Castagnoli, R. Hilton. 2009. Grapevine Growth Distortions: A Guide to Identifying Symptoms. OSU Extension Service EM 8975-E.

Skinkis, P., V. Walton, C. Kaiser. 2009. Grape Phylloxera: Biology and Management in the Pacific Northwest. OSU Extension Service EC1463.

Julian, J.W., C.F. Seavert, C. Kaiser, P.A. Skinkis. 2009. Vineyard Economics: Establishing and Producing Cabernet Sauvignon Wine Grapes in Eastern Oregon. OSU Extension service EM8974-E.

Skinkis, P. 2009. Establishing a Vineyard in Oregon: A Quick-start Resource Guide. OSU Extension Service EM8973-E.

J.W. Julian, C.F. Seavert, P.A. Skinkis, P. VanBuskirk, S. Castagnoli. 2008. Vineyard Economics: Establishing and Producing Pinot Noir Wine Grapes in Western Oregon. OSU Extension Service EM8969-E.

Kaiser, J.W. Pscheidt, V.Walton and P. Skinkis. 2008. How to Reduce the Risk of Pesticide Resistance in Winegrape Pests in Oregon. OSU Extension Service EM8968.

Kaiser, C., P. Skinkis, M. Olmstead. 2008. Protecting Grapevines from Winter Injury. OSU Extension Service. PNW 603-E.

Walton, V., A. Dreves, P. Skinkis. 2007. Short Shoot Syndrome of Grapes in the Pacific Northwest. OSU Extension Service EM8944-E.


Publications and Reports
Author and editor of the OSU Wine & Grape Research & Extension Newsletter, available quarterly (http://wine.oregonstate.edu/?q=newsletter).Distributed via email to vineyards and wineries state-wide and in parts of southern Washington.

Author of OSU Viticulture Notes, available monthly. Distributed via email to vineyards and wineries state-wide and in parts of southern Washington.>/font>

Websites – Online Publications

Editor of the OSU Viticulture and Enology Website. http://wine.oregonstate.edu/.

Associate editor of the Northwest Berry & Grape Infonet Website. http://berrygrape.oregonstate.edu/.


Education

B.S. University of Wisconsin – River Falls 2002

Ph.D. Purdue University 2006

Appointments

2007-Present Assistant Professor, Viticulture Extension Specialist, Oregon State University

2003 – 2006 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Horticulture, Purdue University

Professional Memberships

American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS)
International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)
American Society for Enology and Viticulture (ASEV)
American Wine Society (AWS)
Oregon State University Extension Association (OSUEA)