Addressing fruit exposure and sunburn in Queensland wine grape vineyards
Project report
Title | Addressing fruit exposure and sunburn in Queensland wine grape vineyards |
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Report Type | Project report |
Authors | Learmonth, Robert (Author) and Kennedy, Ursula (Author) |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Number of Pages | 32 |
Year | 2011 |
Publisher | Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation |
Place of Publication | Adelaide, South Australia |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.gwrdc.com.au/webdata/resources/project/RT_08-03-1.pdf |
Abstract | While Queensland wine industry development has relied upon adoption of viticultural practices from established winegrowing regions, such procedures are not necessarily best practice under local conditions. The wine grape growing regions of Queensland are climatically distinct from other Australian regions with relatively wet growing seasons, and at times with severe peak heat loads. Queensland also hosts the most northerly and some of the highest altitude vineyards in Australia, with higher ultra violet radiation exposure than any other Australian grape growing region. Furthermore, fruit exposure may be exacerbated by regional management practices (e.g. leaf plucking, shoot thinning) used to minimise risk of fungal infection (e.g. botrytis, bunch rots). The Queensland wine industry had identified fruit exposure management as a critical issue to be addressed. |
Keywords | grapevine; grape; exposure; sunburn |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 310806. Plant physiology |
310403. Biological adaptation | |
300805. Oenology and viticulture | |
Public Notes | No evidence of copyright restrictions preventing deposit. Project Number: RT 08/03-1 |
Byline Affiliations | Centre for Systems Biology |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q12wv/addressing-fruit-exposure-and-sunburn-in-queensland-wine-grape-vineyards
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