1Preface
807.3 Fruit Zone Management: 7.3.1 Fruit Zone Management Practices
2Chapter 1.Introduction to Viticulture
817.4 Crop thinning and Leaf removal
31.1 Interesting Facts about Grapes
827.4.1 Timing
41.2 Health benefits: 1.2.1 Health Benefits of Grape Consumption
837.4.2 How much to thin
51.3 Exercise
847.5 Frost Protection
6Chapter 2.History of Viticulture
857.5.1 Reducing the Risk
72.1 Medieval
867.5.2 Effects of Pruning
82.2 Exercise
877.5.3 Modifying Temperatures
9Chapter 3.Types of Grapes
887.6 Exercise
103.1 Single Species Grapes
89Chapter 8.Nutrition and Fertilization
113.1.1 Vitis Vinifera
908.1 Monitoring of Grapevine Nutrition
123.1.2 Vitis Labrusca
918.1.1 Tissue Analysis
133.1.3 Vitis Riparia
928.1.2 What to Consider when Implementing a Tissue Analysis Program
143.1.4 Vitis Rotundifolia
938.1.3 Collection of Tissue Samples
153.1.5 Vitis Rupestris
948.1.4 Interpretation of Tissue Nutrient Test Results
163.1.6 Vitis Aestivalis
958.1.5 Nutrient Considerations
173.1.7 Vitis Mustangensis
968.2 Causes of Poor Grapefruits
183.2 Hybrid Grapes
978.2.1 Defining Poor Fruit Set
193.3 Exercise
988.2.2 Potential Causes of Poor Fruit Set
20Chapter 4.Selection of Site and Grape Varieties
998.2.3 Documenting Poor Fruit Set
214.1 Site Selection
1008.3 Use of Compost
224.1.1 Elevation
1018.3.1 Compost as Fertilizer
234.1.2 Slope
1028.3.2 Types of Compost
244.1.3 Aspect
1038.3.3 Amount of Application
254.1.4 Previous Crop History
1048.3.4 Application Methods and Timing
264.2 Site Design
1058.4 Exercise
274.2.1 Site Preparation
106Chapter 9.Water and Irrigation
284.2.2 Site Prep Timeline
1079.1 Irrigation Timing
294.2.3 Row Orientation
1089.3 Drain Tiles
304.2.4 Terra-Forming
1099.4 The Evapotranspiration Method for Irrigation Scheduling
314.2.5 Row Spacing
1109.5 Micro-Irrigation
324.2.6 Vine Spacing
1119.6 Drain Tile System
334.2.7 Headlands and Alleys
1129.6.1 Tiling
344.3 Selection of Grape Varieties to Grow
1139.6.2 Mole Drains
354.3.1 Grape Varieties Suitable in India
1149.6.3 Interception Tiles
364.3.2 Grape Varieties Suitable in Europe
1159.6.4 Costs and Benefits
374.3.3 Grape Varieties Suitable in America
1169.7 Advanced Methods for Monitoring Water in the Soil
384.4 Exercise
1179.7.1 Soil Moisture Sensors
39Chapter 5.Soil and Climate
1189.7.2 Using a Pressure Chamber
405.1 Introduction
1199.8 Exercise
415.1.1 Perlette
120Chapter 10.Harvesting
425.1.2 Thompson Seedless
12110.1 Basic Grape Structure
435.1.3 Anab-e-Shahi
12210.1.1 Skin
445.1.4 Flame Seedless
12310.1.2 Flesh
455.1.5 Beauty Seedless
12410.1.3 Seeds
465.1.6 Kishmish Chami
12510.1.4 Vascular Tissues
475.2 Erosion Control
12610.2 Effect of Environment on Grape Quality
485.2.1 Soil Erosion and Vineyard Productivity
12710.2.1 Managing the Canopy for Fruit Quality
495.2.2 Factors Influencing Rates of Erosion
12810.2.2 Berry Microclimate
505.2.3 Soil Conservation Practices
12910.2.3 Berry Microclimate and Phenolic Development
515.2.4 Vineyard Floor Management for Soil Conservation
13010.3 Deciding the Time to Harvest
525.3 Exercise
13110.4 Picking of Grapes
53Chapter 6.Management of Grape Vineyards
13210.4.1 Traditional Method
546.1 Planting and Propagation
13310.4.2 Mechanical Method
556.1.1 Cutting
13410.5 Grape Yield per Hectare and Acre
566.1.2 Grafting
13510.6 Exercise
576.1.3 Layering
136Chapter 11.Diseases and Pests
586.2 Planting Spacing
13711.1 Common Grape Diseases
596.3 Training: 6.3.1 Methods of Training
13811.1.1 Downy Mildew
606.4 Pruning
13911.1.2 Powdery Mildew
616.4.1 Timing for Pruning
14011.1.3 Esca
626.4.2 Pruning Terminology
14111.1.4 Grey Mold
636.4.3 Pruning in India
14211.1.5 Black Rot
646.4.4 Methods of Pruning
14311.1.6 Pierce’s Disease (Xylella fastidiosa)
656.4.5 Pruning Safety
14411.2 Common Pests
666.5 Exercise
14511.2.1 Phylloxera
67Chapter 7.Canopy Management
14611.2.2 European Grapevine Moth
687.1 Annual Cycle of Grapes
14711.2.3 Grape Berry Moth
697.1.1 Dormancy
14811.2.4 Japanese Beetle
707.1.2 Bud Break
14911.3 Management of Diseases: 11.3.1 Pathogens of Grape
717.1.3 Bloom and Fruit Set
15011.4 Exercise
727.1.4 Veraison and Fruit Maturation
151Chapter 12.Precision Viticulture
737.1.5 Post-Harvest
15212.1 Technology for Vineyard Variation
747.2 Vine Balancing
15312.2 Management Practices
757.2.1 Vine-Dictated Balance
15412.3 Future Scope
767.2.2 Viticulturist-Dictated Balance
15512.4 Exercise
777.2.3 Unbalanced Vines
156Appendix
787.2.4 Measuring Vine Balance
157Glossary
797.2.5 Role of Vineyard Design in Vine Balancing
158Index
