Areas dedicated to organic wine production have significantly increased over the last few
years. The vast majority of organic wine is made from Vitis vinifera varieties that are highly …

Fully revised with new content and full-colour figures throughout, the second edition of this
successful book contains expanded content for all sections, particularly those covering the …

Background and aims: Bud fruitfulness is a key component of grapevine reproductive
performance as it determines crop production for the following growing season. While …

Canopy architecture, yield components, fruit composition, and vigor of Syrah were measured
in response to four canopy management and three regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) …

Effects of mechanical pruning and crop adjustment on Concord vine productivity were
studied over a five-year period (1997 to 2001) in two mature vineyards in eastern …

The interactive effects of mechanical canopy management on the optimum cropping level
and Ravaz index of Pinot gris in a warm growing region were determined. The study …

The hypothesis that short mechanical hedging can be successfully applied even on cultivars
with low fruitfulness of basal buds was tested over four years (2000 to 2003) on Vitis vinifera …

Four pruning techniques were evaluated from 1999 to 2003 in a commercial 'Concord'(Vitis
labruscana) vineyard in Westfield, NY. Manual pruning, mechanical pruning with manual …

A trial in the San Joaquin Valley of California investigated how the interaction of pruning
systems and mechanical shoot thinning affected canopy performance, yield components …

A Concord production trial conducted from 1998 to 2002 in Fredonia, New York, examined
the effect of pruning level and canopy division on yield, vegetative growth, and fruit …