VITICULT 2500WT - Viticultural Science II

Viticultural Science II covers the entire life cycle of the cultivated grapevine with an emphasis on the phases of production covering dormancy, bud break, flowering and fruit development prior to veraison. Topics covered include: The growth cycle of the grapevine and the biology that underpins the different phenological stages; physiology as it is relevant to growth and vine form, flowering, water use, drought and salt stress, mineral nutrition, and berry development; anatomy of the vegetative and reproductive parts; taxonomy of grapevines and vegetative variety identification. Practical sessions will focus in more depth on the following topics: pruning techniques, vine and bud anatomy, shoot based variety identification, shoot morphology and development, yield estimation, and mineral nutrition.