Post-Harvest Regulated Deficit Irrigation in Chardonnay Did Not Reduce Yield but at Long-Term, It Could Affect Berry Composition

Regulated Deficit Irrigation Effect on Yield and Wine Color of Cabernet Sauvignon in Central California

Regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) is a management strategy that on grape can improve shoot/fruit ratio, water efficiency, and wine quality but has the potential to reduce yield. As part of a study on the influence of RDI on leafhopper density, we evaluated the effects on grape yield, berry size, berry soluble solids, and wine color. The studies were conducted at commercial vineyards in the San...

Could routine cardiotocography reduce long term cognitive impairment?

Christoph Lees, one of the authors of this Analysis article by Charlotte Dyson and colleagues (BMJ 2011;342:d3120, doi:10. 1136/bmj.d3120), is visiting professor at the Katholieke Universiteit in Leuven (not the Kathalieke Universitiet as we misspelt it in the print version). Lees advised us of this affiliation after the online version of his article had been published. Cite this as: BMJ 2011;3...

Long-term fenofibrate therapy did not reduce major coronary events but may reduce total CVD events in type 2 diabetes mellitus.

M e t h o d s Design: Randomized placebo-controlled trial (Fenofibrate Intervention and Event Lowering in Diabetes [FIELD]). Allocation: Concealed.* Blinding: Blinded (clinicians, patients, and outcome assessors).* Follow-up period: Median 5 years. Setting: 63 centers in Australia, New Zealand, and Finland. Patients: 9795 patients 50 to 75 years of age (mean age 62 y, 63% men) who had a World H...

It shouldn't have happened, but it did.

Response of Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay to Fungicide Applications and Deficit Irrigation

Introduction Fungicides have been widely used on nearly every crop imaginable and are continually being developed and reformulated as more information on their efficacy on specific crops and pathogens is discovered. It is well known that fungicides are developed and used in order to have a direct effect on one or more pathogens, usually to prevent their establishment on a crop. By spraying fung...