Vegetative growth and yield of grapevines grown in the field on their own roots or grafted to
a range of rootstocks were investigated under drip irrigation with water of three salinity levels …

The total polyphenolic (TPP) and antioxidant (AOX) levels of 41 Australian and imported dried
fruits including sultanas (n = 22), Carina and Zante currants (n = 13), apricots (n = 3) and …

Crop thinning subsequent to fruit set can help regulate yield and improve fruit composition
at harvest. Accordingly, an experiment was established in two vineyards (Site 1 Riverland …

… It is also worth noting that the upper berry mass category (1.3 g) used in this study for
small-scale wine lot comparisons was the value below which Clingeleffer et al. (2000) suggested …

… /L) (PR Clingeleffer, unpublished data). With the strong positive correlation between yield
and weight of one-year-old pruning wood at all salinity treatments, it is also not surprising that …

… Flower size immediately before anthesis was reduced by management systems that also
reduce berry size (Petrie and Clingeleffer unpublished). Therefore, environmental conditions at …

… Harvest dates at the respective sites were determined by measuring juice total soluble
solids concentrations with a digital refractometer (PR-1, Atago Co Ltd, Tokyo, Japan). Berries …

Background and Aims Regulated deficit irrigation ( RDI ) has gained wide use in irrigated
viticulture throughout the warm‐climate production regions of A ustralia. There has been, …

… large berries and difficulties in the control of pests and diseases (Clingeleffer etal. 1999,
2000, Clingeleffer 2000). Beneficial attributes associated with lighter pruning systems include …

Genetic parameters for table grape quality characteristics, including ripening date, berry size
(weight, width and length) and uniformity, seediness, Brix, acidity and the ratio of Brix and …