Practical Report –Evaluation and Discussion

Practical Report –Evaluation and Discussion

VI- Workshop on Sustainable Viticulture (conc.)

- Practical Report –Presentations by the students

Water footprint in vineyards;

Biodiversity in vineyards;

Sustainable alternatives to the use of herbicides in the Douro Region;

Sustainable alternatives to weed management in no-tillage vineyards.

VI- Workshop on Sustainable Viticulture (conc.)

- Low Carbon wine – a case study in Alentejo (CLopes, ISA)

- Metrics to calculate carbon footprint in wine (Bruno Caldeira, Consulai)

- Practical Report –Presentations by the students

Sustainable grape production in the tropics;

Sustainable soil management;

Application of Microbial Biocontrol Agents for Sustainable Grapevine Disease Defense;

Resistant grape varieties;

Practical Report – literature research at the library

Practical Reports – literature research at the library

Study Trip to four portuguese winegrowing regions.

Study Trip to four portuguese winegrowing regions.

VI- Workshop on Sustainable Viticulture (cont.)

- What can arbuscular mycorrhiza do for us in sustainable viticulture? (Amaia N., ISA)

- Organic viticulture – A case study (G. Gonçalves – Monte d’Oiro)

- Other tools to promote Sustainability in Viticulture (C. Lopes)

- General Discussion

VI- Workshop on Sustainable Viticulture

- Introduction to Sustainable Viticulture (C. Lopes, ISA);

- Is cover cropping a sustainable management practice in mediterranean vineyards? (C. Lopes, ISA);

- Wines of Alentejo Sustainability Plan (WASP) João Barroso (CVRA)

- Pesticide use and water protection (Mª José Cerejeira, ISA)

- Sustainable water use in viticulture and wine production (M. Costa & E. Duarte, ISA).

V. Workshop on Grapevine Biotechnology: main applications in viticulture (conc.)

– Acclimation and tolerance to abiotic stress of grapevine portuguese varieties (S. Amâncio, ISA);

- Exploring the roles of grapevine aquaporins in water, glycerol and atypical substrate transport through heterologous expression in a Saccharomyces cerevisiae aqy-null strain (C. Prista, ISA)

– Grapevine: evolution under domestication (Margarida Rocheta, ISA);

– The impact of arbuscular mycorrhiza in mitigating heat stress and copper toxicity in grapevines (Amaia Nogales, ISA);

– General Discussion

V. Workshop on Grapevine Biotechnology: main applications in viticulture-

-Introduction (Luisa Carvalho, ISA)

- Grapevine genome organization: the role of bioinformatics. Grapevine epigenetics (Leonor Morais, ISA);

- Non-conventional approaches to solve recalcitrant grapevine and wine problems (Ricardo Ferreira, ISA);

- Using Molecular Biology tools to identify grapevine varieties. (JE Eiras Dias, INIAV);

– Applications of biotechnology: what is currently being done. (Luísa Carvalho, ISA);

4.2.3.3. Crop monitoring

4.2.3.4. Yield and quality monitoring

4.2.3.4. Robotics

4.3. Main Applications of PV -Case-studies 

4.1. Introduction. The concept of precision agriculture/viticulture

4.2. Technologies in Precision Viticulture

4.2.1. Geolocation

4.2.2. Remote Sensing

4.2.3. Proximal Sensing

4.2.3.1. Wireless sensor network

4.2.3.2. Soil monitoring

- Thermal imaging as a tool to monitor the impact of climate change on modern viticulture (Miguel Costa)

- Climate Change & Viticulture - Adaptation measures (C. Lopes)

- Discussion

Practical written report – roles & topics

III. Workshop on Implications of climate change for viticulture and wine production

- Climate Change & Viticulture: Introduction and main impacts on Viticulture (C. Lopes)

 Evaluation of climate change impacts on the viticulture using new climate indices (Ricardo Egipto)

– Evaluation of climate change impacts on viticulture using simulation models (Ricardo Braga) 

1.5. Field calibration of a vineyard sprayer

2.1. Introduction

2.2.1. Yield variability and it’s causes 

2.2.2. Advantages of Yield forecast

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

2.3. Main techniques for Yield forecasting

2.3.1. Aeropalynological forecast models;

2.3.2. Estimation of yield components;

2.3.3. Agrometeorological models;

2.3.4. Remote sensing;

2.3.5. Measuring trellis tension;

2.3.6.  Image Analysis

2.4. Yield control by viticultural practices.

I.6- Mechanical harvest

I.7- Mechanical pruning

Introduction to Advanced Viticulture: Program, calendar and assessment.

I. Vineyard mechanization

1.1 Introduction

I.2- Mechanization of plantation

I.3- Mechanization of fertilization and soil management

I.4- Mechanization of canopy management

1.5. Vineyard spraying equipment