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As one of the most popular alcoholic beverages in the world, wine has certainly enjoyed a rich and illustrious history over the centuries, with its origins dating back thousands of years to 6000 BCE and Mesopotamia (now Iraq and Iran), where the very first vineyards were established and the very first wines produced. Since then, global wine consumption has gone from strength to strength, with an ...
This has included trials on speeding up the growing time for seedlings and cuttings for greenhouse growers, as well as faster and stronger root production in vines for a large wine cooperative. They furthermore launched last year, with renowned pharmacologist Dr Rudi Pauwels, a research centre in the south of Spain for research on alleviating the impact of climate change on crops ...
After all, nature works according to the law of the weakest link: an intruder will always look for the weakest plant. Oenosan ensures that the vine can largely protect itself against… heat waves, insects, fungi… Laboratory research in Greece on Agiogitiko grapes (Pinot Noir alike) has shown that the qualitative taste components such as antocians and ...
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How to protect vines from late frosts? Late frost are very often a disaster for winegrowers when they are not prepared correctly. Normally vines can withstand frost well. Only, the natural protection disappears when the plant produces new shoots. ...
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You know your vines, you know your spray program and you know what works, when. But with newly registered products, product restrictions, changing market restrictions and use patterns of existing products changing, it can be challenging to stay up-to-date. ...
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This spring, it went through the rows of vines and projected its ultraviolet rays on the leaves to eliminate powdery and downy mildew completely autonomously. ...
Basic stock for livestock. Take corn straw, straw, peanut vine, sweet potato vine as the main raw materials to make this kind of green plant feed. ...
” The owner, Hylton Appelbaum in South Africa notes that his vines respond to a very particular style of classical music. Rock, pop, rap, techno and jazz do not have the same effect. His vines enjoy harmonious and melodious classical or wordless baroque music. He has observed that music stimulates the vines to grow more vigorously and to ...
Basic stock for livestock. Take corn straw, straw, peanut vine, sweet potato vine as the main raw materials to make this kind of green plant feed. ...
PerCarb is an EPA-registered, 0-hour REI, broad-spectrum bactericide/fungicide designed to treat and control plant pathogens that cause major foliar diseases on field-grown crops, tree crops, vine crops, berries, small fruits, vegetable crops and greenhouse fruits and vegetables. PerCarb is designed for superior coverage in foliar applications with no phytotoxicity as well as ...
Peter Argiro and his family run a 100-hectare vineyard in Merbein, Victoria. He said foliar spraying each vine from the tractor was a timely and costly process, therefore he designed the new rig out of a necessity to find a faster and economical way to bait the property. ...
An illness in the family would force John and Wilma to change tack again in 2003, this time planting grape vines on 3 hectares of sandy soil. This was the beginning of De Reestlander wines. ...
Seven plants that are likely to be climate resilient emerged as key food sources for East Bornean orangutans, and these should be planted alongside vines that the apes use for moving through the forest and trees which they prefer for nesting, such as the Ulin tree, according to the study. ...
In partnership with the Ontario Fresh Grape Growers, Vineland hosted a grower/ retailer open house to showcase new scouted varieties on the vine this past fall. The Jupiter grape, developed at the University of Arkansas, was the most appealing by more than 75 per cent of participants. ...
The JRC has released a standard that is essential for executing these measurements according to official methods adopted by the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) and the European Union for wine analysis. Counterfeiting of wine is causing significant damage to the wine industry, financially, but also in reputation. ...
Traditionally the exhibition has attracted increased attention of hundreds of companies all over the world dealing with all possible steps in wine and spirit production, from vineyard cultivation and PCR analysis of vine diseases to wine fermentation, barrels manufacturing and packaging. ...
Introduced to the specialty crop markets in December 2015, the narrow and highly maneuverable John Deere 5G Series Tractors combine improved power, performance and productivity in often confined orchard and vine crop environments. Available in five models with 75, 90 or 100 engine horsepower and narrow 39- or 49.5-inch working widths, the 5G Tractors feature a tight turning ...
A critical result of these trials was the discovery that the parasitic wasp Anagyrus pseudococci (BioAnagyrus) is highly valuable as a mealybug control agent in South Africa, reducing infestation levels of both the citrus mealybug (Planococcus citri) and vine mealybug (Planococcus ficus). It also increases the percentage of marketable yields of both citrus fruits and grapes. ...
Crops affected are Begonia, Euonymus, plane, Citrus, Antirrhinum Chrysanths, Hydrangea, Lonicera, vines, Sedum, carnation, Verbascum Control options Takumi SC (cyflufenamid) is particularly effective on these powdery mildew species when used at lower water volumes of between 500 and 800 L/ha for existing infections and 1000 L/ha for preventative applications. ...
As some Florida growers try to find new crops and the demand for biofuel stock increases globally, University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers have found that sweet potato vines, usually thrown out during harvest, can serve well as livestock feed while the roots are an ideal source for biofuel. ...