Techniques to Assess Cold Hardiness in Eastern Canada - CAP Activity 5
This webinar is the first part of a mini-series dedicated to highlighting final results from some of the research projects completed under the CAP Grape & Wine Cluster (2018-2023). This session, held on March 27th, 2025, focused on Activity 5: "Assessing Grapevine Cold Hardiness Under Climatic Conditions of Eastern Canada by Applying Various Techniques." We were joined by Dr. Andréanne Hébert-Haché, researcher and director of the Centre de recherche agroalimentaire de Mirabel (CRAM).
Growing grapes in cold climates has several challenges to overcome. Cold injury to grapevines is an important problem, especially at the northern limits of viticulture where extensive damage to bud and cane tissues can result in severe economic losses. The main objective of this project was to improve knowledge of grapevine cold hardiness for hardy and semi-hardy hybrid and Vitis vinifera cultivars, as well as to provide methods to reduce cold injury under climatic conditions of eastern Canada in order to support the development of the wine industry.