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2018-2023 CAP Grape & Wine Science Cluster Final Research Update

Posted Nov 9th, 2023 in Canadian Wine Quality, Cluster Updates & Events, Cold Hardiness & Climate Change, Crop Protection & Monitoring, News & Updates, Past Cluster Research, Research, Soil, Water & Crop Quality, Strategic Virus Management

With the fifth and final year of the Canadian Agricultural Partnership Grape & Wine Science Cluster completed, each of the activities has provided a summary update on their research done under the program from 2018-2023. Click below to view each research theme's list of activity summaries.

We thank Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, the British Columbia Wine Grape Council, Grape Growers of Ontario, Ontario Grape and Wine Research Inc., Conseil des Vins du Québec, Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture, and the Grape Growers Association of Nova Scotia, along with our various industry partners, for funding this research. For more information, please contact us. 

Activity 5 - Assessing grapevine cold hardiness under climatic conditions of Eastern Canada by applying various techniques

Activity 6 - Factors affecting grapevine winter hardiness

Activity 7 - Grapevine evaluation and cold hardiness program to ensure superior plant material for the Canadian Grapevine Certification Network and to improve the sustainability of the Canadian grape and wine industry

Activity 8 - Canopy management to reduce disease pressure

Activity 9 - Optimization of grape production in Eastern Canada

Activity 10 - Water and nutrient management strategies, and health promoting natural products can reduce the competition between grapevine and cover crops and enhance health and productivity of vineyards

Activity 11 - Nitrogen management in viticulture and enology: Improving grape and wine quality and enhancing vineyard sustainability through precision management of N and strategies to increase natural yeast assimilable nitrogen in grapes and wine

Activity 12 - TanninAlert: Improving Ontario red wine quality and consumer acceptance through winemaking techniques by grape variety and tannin level

Activity 13 - Improving wine quality through mixed and sequential fermentations with indigenous yeasts

Activity 14 - Improving sparkling and still wine quality: Preventing high volatile acidity, honey off-flavour and other faults that reduce wine quality through natural Canadian indigenous yeast isolates

Activity 15 - Unearthing the impacts of plant-parasitic nematodes on grapevine health and productivity

Activity 16 - Novel approaches to IPM strategies for climbing cutworm in wine grapes

Activity 17 - Development of sustainable management practices for leafhoppers on grapes

Activity 18 - Mitigation of infestations of multi-coloured Asian lady beetle (MALB)

Activity 19 - Using groundcover to control soil-borne pathogens in grapevine

Activity 20 - Crown Gall Disease of grapevines: Identification, bio-control, and sustainable management strategies

Activity 21 - From nursery to vineyard: Implementation of effective management strategies against grapevine trunk disease in Canada

Activity 22 - Spatial characterization of terroir and other vineyard attributes using GIS and imaging tools to guide precision management for water and nitrogen and to detect infections by virus and other pathogens

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