Influence of Irrigation on Vine Performance, Fruit Composition, and Wine Quality of Chardonnay in a Cool, Humid Climate

Reynolds, Andrew G.; Lowrey, Wesley D.; Tomek, Lydia; Hakimi, Javad; Savigny, Christiane De

doi:10.5344/ajev.2007.58.2.217

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“…The highest acidity values were observed in the wettest analysed years. Cheng et al (2014) linked higher acidity to the wetter soils and higher acidity has been reported under excessive soil moisture (Jackson et al 1993) and under well-watered grapes (Girona et al, 2009;Reynolds et al, 2007), while Lopes et al (2011) indicated that in treatments where soil water content during spring was reduced, must titratable acidity experience a significant reduction.…”

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Relationships between grape composition of Tempranillo variety and available soil water and water stress under different weather conditions

Ramos

Pérez‐Álvarez

Peregrina

et al. 2020

Scientia Horticulturae

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Relationships between grape composition of Tempranillo variety and available soil water and water stress under different weather conditions

Ramos

Pérez‐Álvarez

Peregrina

et al. 2020

Scientia Horticulturae

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“…The main objective of applying supplemental irrigation in vineyards during the growing season is to compensate for the lack of natural rainfall and increase yield, quality, or vegetative growth for the incoming growing season [38,39]. Specifically, in Mediterranean climates such as the Central Coast of California, winter rainfall may be sufficient to replenish water in the soil profile to achieve field capacity prior to budbreak effectively in vineyards planted with varieties of Mediterranean vocation.…”

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The Effect of Supplemental Irrigation on a Dry-Farmed Vitis vinifera L. cv. Zinfandel Vineyard as a Function of Vine Age

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With natural rainfall and surface water availability becoming scarce, prolonged droughts are expected to become more frequent, thereby creating issues for agriculture. In viticulture, a lack of rainfall is often supplemented with irrigation during the growing season and/or dormancy. However, with surface and groundwater resources declining in addition to current changes in rainfall patterns, it is unlikely that supplemental irrigation will continue to be an available tool for most growers. As such, this study aims to evaluate the effect of dry farming and supplemental irrigation during the growing season on vine performance and fruit composition as a function of vine age in Zinfandel grapevines. A historically dry-farmed vineyard block with interplanted vines of varying ages was evaluated during the 2021 growing season. Treatments included young vines (5–12 years old), control vines (2:1 ratio of old to young vines representative of the block), and old vines (40–60 years old); each age designation included irrigated and dry-farmed vines. Based on age-specific ETc and to replenish 95% of crop evapotranspiration (ETc), irrigation was manually applied to the irrigated treatment vines at véraison and véraison + 4 weeks. Results indicated no significant changes in phenological progression, leaf senescence, or physical berry analysis when irrigation was added to dry-farmed vines, as most differences were driven by vine age in most parameters measured. Irrigated vines were slightly more advanced in phenological growth and senescence progression compared to dry-farmed vines. Results suggest that the practice of applying supplemental irrigation during the growing season, provided winter rainfall or additional winter irrigation is sufficient, does not have significant impacts on vine performance. Thus, dry farming during the growing season is a reasonable alternative practice in Zinfandel, even in periods of drought.

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“…High vigour has been associated with deeper soils (5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20) , higher organic matter content (4) , higher cation exchange capacity (5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11) , % clay (5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21) , higher water availability (15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20) and plant nitrogen availability (11)(12)(13)(14)(15)…”

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“…The soil physical properties (texture, structure, depth, colour, and temperature) and chemical properties (pH, electrical conductivity and nutrient availability) are determinant for plant functioning (4)(5) , determining grape vigour and quality (5)(6) . Thus, the soil variability can generate an heterogeneity of plant growth and functioning, as observed by vegetation imagery in some vineyards (7) .…”

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Montmorillonite content is an influential soil parameter of grapevine development and yield in South Uruguay

Pereyra¹,

Ferrer²,

Pellegrino³

et al. 2022

Agrocienc Urug

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Soil physical and chemical characteristics play a key role on vine growth and yield. The soils of South Uruguay display high content of montmorillonite or illite. The proportion of these minerals deserves special attention as they influence the soil structure and its hydrological properties. The present study was conducted in a 1.1 ha vineyard of this region (Canelones), characterized by a high heterogeneity of plant vigour. It was aimed to determine and map the physical and chemical properties of the soil and their relations with plant vigour and yield. The cation exchange capacity (CEC) and the clay and organic matter contents were measured in 84 locations within this vineyard to calculate the montmorillonite and illite contents of the soil. In addition, the type and abundance of clays was corroborated by X-ray diffractometry analysis. The CEC and montmorillonite contents were positively correlated with vine vigour, expressed by the Normalized Vegetation Index (NDVI), trunk diameter, pruning weight, leaf area, and with yield. Thus, the within vineyard distribution of the ratio montmorillonite/illite conditioned the heterogeneity of vine growth and yield at the field level. The impact of those minerals on water and mineral supply to the plant is discussed.

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Influence of Irrigation on Vine Performance, Fruit Composition, and Wine Quality of Chardonnay in a Cool, Humid Climate

Cited by 71 publications

References 12 publications

Relationships between grape composition of Tempranillo variety and available soil water and water stress under different weather conditions

Relationships between grape composition of Tempranillo variety and available soil water and water stress under different weather conditions

The Effect of Supplemental Irrigation on a Dry-Farmed Vitis vinifera L. cv. Zinfandel Vineyard as a Function of Vine Age

Montmorillonite content is an influential soil parameter of grapevine development and yield in South Uruguay

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