Claim · model-written summary
Pruning at the latest phenological stage (E-L 15) reduced Shiraz yield by over 50%.
- Taxon
- grapet0
- Material
- Shiraz vinese3
- Treatment
- pruned at the latest phenological stage (E-L 15)e3
- Outcome
- yielde3
- Direction
- reductione3
- Value
- over 50%e3
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Verbatim
t0“grape maturity”
e3“The Shiraz vines pruned at the latest phenological stage (E-L 15) recorded a reduction in yield of over 50%”
Title
Pruning after budburst to delay and spread grape maturity
P.R. Petrie; S.J. Brooke; M.A. Moran; et al. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research 2017. doi:10.1111/ajgw.12303
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Intervention effect Delayed pruning delayed maturity by up to 3 weeks in Shiraz.
- Intervention effect Delayed pruning delayed maturity by 2 weeks in Cabernet Sauvignon.
- Intervention effect Yield under the other pruning dates ranged from a 24% reduction to a 55% increase relative to the Control.
- Observation Maturity delay had mostly neutral or positive effects on fruit composition.
- Recommendation Delayed pruning is a real and cost-effective tool for the Australian wine industry to adapt to climate change.