“…The PRD irrigation strategy evolved from studies with potted grapevines where it was observed that water use efficiency could be increased without reducing berry size by alternating the wet and dry portions of the root zone to induce root-to-shoot signaling of abscisic acid (ABA) (Stoll, Loveys, & Dry, 2000). A consistent response to PRD can be induced under controlled conditions; however, under field conditions, vine response to PRD has frequently been undistinguishable from that of other deficit irrigation strategies and response has been found to vary according to the supplied percentage of ET c (Dodd, 2009;Davies et al, 2011;Sadras, 2009;Chaves et al, 2010;Puértolas, Alcobendas, Alarcón, & Dodd, 2013;Romero et al, 2015).…”