Welcome to the March 2011 Viticulture & Enology Newsletter! We have a number of great articles from members of our team to keep you informed. Marcus Buchanan provides an update on the mealybug trapping efforts that have been in place in southern Oregon’s winegrape regions since 2009. Jay Pscheidt writes...
We are happy to present a viticulture-based newsletter this quarter, focusing on some of the challenges that were apparent in vineyard management during 2010. While the Botrytis challenges are fresh in the minds of vineyard managers, Walt Mahaffee provides a summary of a replicated field trial using Botrytis sprays. Vaughn...
As the dormant season progresses towards the beginning of the 2010 vineyard season, we prepared this newsletter to focus on viticulture topics in disease management and cover cropping.
With pruning taking place across vineyards in Oregon, Dr. Jay Pscheidt reminds vineyard managers to be on alert for canker diseases. Also,...
As the 2009 growing season comes to a close, we prepared this newsletter to provide information on several viticulture and enology issues important to the Oregon winegrape industry. We begin with the most immediate topic of this season – wine production with Dr. James Osborne and importance of wine superstars...
As the 2008 growing season comes to a close, we prepared this newsletter to provide information on several research projects conducted by OSU faculty and students, address frost concerns from this fall, and showcase the OSU Viticulture & Enology undergraduate program alumni. Dr. Marcus Buchanan has a synopsis of an...
In this issue, our group of winegrape researchers throughout the state has comprised a summary of the statewide incidence and damage caused by Short Shoot Syndrome and mites over the past few years. Be sure to check this out as it provides some interesting information! Also, a vineyard update has...
Beginning the 2008 Season… It appears that the spring weather we’ve been waiting for has finally arrived! Bud break is commencing, a week or so later than 2007 due to cold weather in most of Western Oregon. With the advent of the growing season, this edition of the OSU Wine...