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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

More about Viticulture at Western Colorado Research Center



Western Colorado Research Center 3168 B 1/2 Road
Grand Junction, CO 81503-9621
phone: (970) 434-3264
fax: (970) 434-1035
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Updated:
December 17, 2007, 02:00:42 PM, MST
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