Crop Protection & Monitoring

Projects

In Progress

Optimizing the Quality of Wines, Crop Protection & Monitoring

April 1, 2023

Prediction, prevention, and mitigation of smoke-taint (and other air-borne aromas) in grapes and wines

To improve our predictive abilities, research will be conducted in improving existing analytical tests, assess the differences in grape varietal sensitivity as well as attempt to correlate simpler atmospheric measurements…

In Progress

Crop Protection & Monitoring, Management of Grapevine Diseases

April 1, 2023

Managing grapevine viruses and their anthropod vectors

The focus of this project includes: i) evaluation of the effectiveness and economics of rogueing, a cultural practice focus on the removal and replacement of virus infected vines; ii) investigation…

Completed

Crop Protection & Monitoring

March 31, 2023

Novel approaches to IPM strategies for climbing cutworms in wine grapes

Objective: To develop an IPM strategy which makes best use of nematodes to manage cutworms in Canadian wine grapes.

Completed

Crop Protection & Monitoring

March 31, 2023

Development of sustainable management practices for leafhoppers on grapes

Objectives: a) determine the Anagrus species parasitizing leafhopper eggs in BC and ON and search for their winter plant hosts; b) evaluate if provision of alternate winter hosts of A.…

Completed

Management of Grapevine Diseases, Soil, Water & Crop Quality, Crop Protection & Monitoring

March 19, 2023

Spatial characterization of terroir and other vineyard attributes using GIS imaging tools

Objective: a) update and modernize the Viticulture GIS and vineyard map inventory for BC, and define vineyard soil textural classes for vineyard blocks to guide irrigation and N recommendations based…

Completed

Crop Protection & Monitoring

March 31, 2018

Beauveria bassiana pilot products for controlling Lepidoptera in grape and other crops

Two Okanagan isolates of Beauveria bassiana (which showed good efficacy against two grape damaging cutworm species, Noctua comes and Abagrotis orbis) and several coastal B. bassiana isolates were studied for…

Completed

Crop Protection & Monitoring

March 31, 2018

Groundcover management and pests in grapes

Vineyard groundcover vegetation can influence the growth of grapevines by competing directly for water and nutrients, or conversely by providing nitrogen in the case of legumes. Selection of vineyard groundcover…

Completed

Crop Protection & Monitoring

January 19, 2012

GIS tool for Sustainable Viticulture Tailored to Terroir

A conceptual model developed by PARC researchers, that will form the basis of GIS (Geographic Information System) research to find viticultural and enological practices that optimally interact with terroir to…

Completed

Crop Protection & Monitoring

January 19, 2012

Novel approaches to control grape pests

A project to develop new methods for the control of the two most prevalent grape pests, the Virginia creeper leafhopper and the climbing cutworm. This investigation will include vegetation management,…

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