Viticulture

Overall Research Objectives

Research Objectives

• Disease Control
  • Test and further develop low environmental impact control strategies for powdery mildew
  • Evaluate the need for early spring applications to control powdery mildew
  • Biocontrol of Powdery Mildew of Grape by Tydeid Mites

• Insect Control
  • Determine population dynamics of the grape mealybug, Pseudococcus maritimus, in Western Colorado
  • Identify natural enemies of grape mealybugs
  • Evaluation of new narrow-spectrum insecticides for control of grape mealybugs
• Sustainable Resource Use
  • Water Use of grapevines
    
• Grape varieties and rootstocks for Colorado
  • Variety and rootstock evaluation
• New variety and clonal trial at WCRC Rogers Mesa

• Delay of Budburst
  • Delay of bud burst using spray-on materials
    
• Outreach Objectives:
  1. Provide Technical Assistance to Growers
  2. Conduct Field Demonstrations/Workshops/Tours
  3. Incorporate off-station research and demonstration plots
  4. Conduct Annual Colorado Wine Grower Survey
  5. Revise the Colorado Grape Growers Guide
  6. Update the Colorado Grape Pest & Disease Management Guide

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