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Vine Training Systems
The use of vine training systems in viticulture is aimed primarily to assist in canopy management with finding the balance in enough foliage to facilitate photosynthesis without excessive shading that could impede grape ripening or promote grape diseases. Additional benefits of utilizing particular training systems could be to control potential yields and to facilitate mechanization of certain vineyard tasks such as pruning, irrigation, applying pesticide or fertilizing sprays as well as harvesting the grapes.J. Robinson (ed) ''"The Oxford Companion to Wine"'' Third Edition pg 134-230, 300-341, 399-413, 551-553, 617-634, 661-692, 706-733 Oxford University Press 2006 In deciding on what type of vine training system to use, growers also consider the climate conditions of the vineyard where the amount of sunlight, humidity and wind could have a large impact on the exact benefits the training system offers. For instance, while having a large spread out canopy (such as what th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vouvray Vineyard After Budbreak
Vouvray (, , ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Indre-et-Loire Departments of France, department in central France. It is around 9 km east of the centre of Tours. It is best known for its production of Vouvray (wine), white wine, rated among the best in France. Population Education Schools include a public preschool; a public elementary school, Ecole élémentaire publique de Vouvray; a public junior high school, Collège public Gaston Huet; and a private elementary and junior high school, Ecole et Collège Sainte Thérèse à Vouvray. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
