II. YIELD ESTIMATION AND CONTROL

27 Outubro 2022, 09:00 • Carlos Manuel Antunes Lopes

2.1. Introduction

2.2. Yield components and the period in which they are determined. Factors affecting yield components

2.4. Yield forecast

2.4.1. Advantages of Yield forecast

2.4.2. Main techniques for Yield forecasting

2.4.2.1. Aeropalynological forecast models;

2.4.2.2. Estimation of yield components;

2.4.2.3. Agrometeorological models;

2.4.2.4. Remote sensing;

 2.4.2.5. Measuring trellis tension;

2.4.2.6. Image Analysis (presentation by invited speaker G. victorino)

2.5. Yield control by viticultural practices.

2.5.1. pruning level;

2.5.2. shoot thinning;

2.5.3. shoot tipping or hedging during flowering;

2.5.4. early leaf removal;

2.5.5. spraying growth regulators;

2.5.6. inflorescence thinning;

2.5.7. berry thinning;

2.5.8. cluster thinning.