Postharvest Irrigation Influences Budbreak of `Perlette' Grapevines

Scientific Note Compounds Derived from Garlic as Bud Induction Agents in Organic Farming of Table Grape

Viticulture is one of the most important economic activities in the Northwest of Mexico. A major obstacle for the economic production is the insufficient period of chilling temperatures. This problem leads to poor budbreak, which in turn results in reduced yields. This problem is aggravated when plants are cultivated using the organic farming system, mostly because there are not organically app...

Intelligent irrigation in grapevines: a way to obtain different wine characteristics

This work presents the field implementation of an intelligent irrigation controller, applied to grapevine crops. The proposed irrigation system includes the moisture measurements and the development of an intelligent control system, in order to maintain the moisture level around a set value. Moisture reference value for different irrigation treatments, such as water stress or field capacity, is...

Influences of irrigation interval,nitrogen fertilization and plant spacing on tomato fruit yield and quality

Long-term Irrigation with Dairy Factory Wastewater Influences Soil Quality

The effects of irrigation with dairy factory wastewater on soil properties were investigated at two sites that had received irrigation for > 60 years. Two adjoining paired sites that had never received DFE were also sampled as well as another seven fields from a wider area around the factory. In comparison with paired sites that had not received effluent, long-term wastewater irrigation resulte...

Effect of Rootstocks on Grapevines

Grafting vines as a means of propagation was known as early as the 2 century B.C. (Cato in his treatise De agri cultua.). The use of rootstocks in Vitis, however, was not extensively used until 1880 because it was the only effective method to combat the devastating root louse phylloxera, Phylloxera vitifoliae (Fitch), (Coombe, 1999). In California, grape growers have been using rootstocks for o...