Late winter pruning to prevent spring frost damage and maintain the freshness of the grapes/delay ripening (original) (raw)
{Tool}Late winter pruning to prevent spring frost damage and maintain the freshness of the grapes/delay ripening. Creator(s): Poni, Stefano and Caffot, Céline. Issuing Organisation(s): Vinidea. (2023)
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Summary
The practice helps to prevent losses due to spring frost, and therefore farmers do not have to switch to varieties with later budbreak. It also can lead to a delay in ripening, which helps to maintain freshness and other organoleptic properties/typicity. It is an adaptation of normal winter pruning that is based on grape acrotony. The farmer must wait until after budbreak (2 leaves unfolded) has occurred in the apical portion of the shoots to perform winter pruning. Acrotony is the natural behaviour of the vine to favour the buds located in the apical position, thus causing budbreak in the apical positions while inhibiting it in the basal positions. The buds located in the basal position are thereby protected in case of spring frosts.
| EPrint Type: | Practice tool |
|---|---|
| Teaser: | Prevent losses due to spring frost. |
| What problem does the tool address?: | Late frost events are taking place, with up to 100% damage. Harvest dates are brought forward to maintain the freshness thus having a potential negative effect on overall wine quality/typicity. |
| What solution does the tool offer?: | Late winter pruning is proposed as an economical technique to postpone budding and, in some cases, grape ripening. It is essential to remove the correct leaf surface area to obtain good results without decreasing yield. The practice helps to prevent losses due to spring frost, and therefore farmers do not have to switch to varieties with later budbreak. |
| Country: | Italy |
| Type of Practice Tool: | Practice abstracts |
| Keywords: | viticulture, grapes, climate change, climate change adaptation, climate smart agriculture, resilience, sustainability |
| Agrovoc keywords: | Englishviticulturehttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_8277Englishgrapeshttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_3359Englishclimate changehttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_1666Englishclimate change adaptationhttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_1374567058134Englishclimate smart agriculture -> climate-smart agriculturehttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_1361789093890Englishresiliencehttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_1374480530924Englishsustainabilityhttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_33560Englishquality assurancehttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_35287 |
| Subjects: | Crop husbandry > Crop health, quality, protection Crop husbandry > Production systems > Fruit and berries > Viticulture |
| Research affiliation: | European Union > Horizon Europe > OrganicAdviceNetwork > selected tools European Union > Organic Farm Knowledge Italy > Other organizations Italy |
| Horizon Europe or H2020 Grant Agreement Number: | 101136880 |
| Related Links: | https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/54987, https://organicclimatenet.eu/, https://climed-fruit.eu/, https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/53752, https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/39946, https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/54364, https://organic-farmknowledge.org/tool/54003 |
| Project ID: | OFK |
| Deposited By: | Rüger, Madelaine Lea |
| ID Code: | 54987 |
| Deposited On: | 28 Feb 2025 10:55 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Jul 2025 12:28 |
| Document Language: | English, Croatian/Hrvatski jezik, French/Francais, Greek/Ellinika, Italian/Italiano, Portuguese/Portugues, Spanish/Español |
| Status: | Published |
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