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Projects
Crop Protection & Monitoring
In Progress
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…
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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…
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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.
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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