Vineyard floor management improves wine quality in highly vigorous vitis vinifera ’cabernet sauvignon’ in New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 317-328

  Wheeler, S J ^a   Black, A S ^b   Pickering, G J ^c  

^a EASTERN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Anthocyanins; Chicory; Cover crop; Cultivation; Grape vines; Nitrogen; PH; Sawdust; Sensory evaluation; Soluble solids; Titratable acids; Vigour; Vitis vinifera; Water; Wine; Yield

Indexed keywords

COVER CROP; HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; VINEYARD; YIELD;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; HAWKE'S BAY; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WORLD;

CICHORIUM INTYBUS; PINUS RADIATA; PUNA; SATIVUM; VITIS SP.; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 27244434291     PISSN: 01140671     EISSN: 11758783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01140671.2005.9514365     Document Type: Article

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