Sustainable Winegrowing

Sour rot is a disease complex composed of various yeast, fungi, and bacteria that ferment grape juice released from wounded berries. Megan Hall has demonstrated that the symptoms of sour rot will only develop when fruit flies (Drosophila spp.) are present. Spraying antimicrobial materials with an insecticide weekly from 15° Brix until harvest has shown success at stopping the advance of sour rot.

• Megan Hall's Cornell University Page
• Summer Bunch Rot (Sour Rot) Pest Management UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines

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A look at the history of Pierce's Disease and what is being done today to manage this pest in the Temecula Valley.

Matt Daugherty is Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Entomology, UC Riverside where he studies applied population ecology and provides outreach on the ecology and management of invasive insects. Dr. Daugherty gives some history and context for the glassy-winged sharpshooter monitoring and control program in Riverside County.

Greg Pennyroyal, Vineyard Manager, Wilson Creek Winery and Vineyards, gives the history of the devastating Pierce's Disease epidemic that hit Temecula Valley vineyards in the late 1990s and how growers today are working to prevent that from happening again. Want to hear more from Greg? Listen in to IPM Control of Vine Mealybug Episode 15.

• Extension Education on glassy-winged sharpshooter and Pierce's Disease management
• Monitoring for sharpshooters
• Glassy-winged sharpshooter management guidelines
• Wilson Creek Winery and Vineyards

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Greg Pennyroyal, Vineyard Manager at Wilson Creek Winery and Vineyards in Temecula, California, discusses the appearance of vine mealybug in the Temecula Valley AVA, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) techniques, and how growers, academics, extensionists, and students came together to collectively monitor and manage this pest.

• San Jacinto College Vine Mealy Bug Video
• Sustainable and Organic Control of Vine Mealybug: Two Growers, Two Approaches
• Suterra
• "Vine Mealybug Flares Up in Central Coast" - Wines & Vines
• Wilson Creek Winery and Vineyards

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Farming organically has many benefits, but growing winegrapes organically has special challenges. Hear how Julian Malone, Director of Vineyard Operations at Sea Smoke Vineyards uses organic pest management practices in the vineyards.

• Sea Smoke Vineyards
• Mechanical Cultivation Video- Steel in the Field
• UC Statewide IPM Weed Management in Organic Vineyards

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Doug Beck, Science Advisor for Monterey Pacific Inc. in Monterey County, talks about the different types of technology including dendrometers, multi-spectral imaging, ArcGIS, Time-Domain Reflectrometry, iPhones, and more.

• California Irrigation: Verizon, ITK Team Up with 3 Vineyards for Affordable Solution
• Ceres
• CropTrak
• Monterey Pacific, Inc.
• Ranch Systems
• Terravion
• Tule Technologies
• VineMetrics

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Greg Gonzalez, Director of Vineyard Operations at Scheid Vineyards, discusses the ins and outs of sustainability practices including economic investment in the community, resource conservation, and pesticide reduction.

• What is Sustainable Agriculture?
• Scheid Vineyards
• Chispa Housing
• SIP Certified- sustainable winegrowing

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Integrated Pest Management means many things to many people. In this excerpt from the 2016 Sustainable Ag Expo, Dr. Pete Goodell reviews the status of IPM in California, the barriers to increasing its use, discusses concepts and perceptions, and makes the case that IPM is a critical tool to address multiple issues facing our sustainable food production system.

• UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program
• Putting the "I" Back in IPM Presentation | Pete Goodell
• NRCS Service Centers in California

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Weeds can compete with young vines and are hosts for some vineyard pests. Grant Cremers describes how he controls weeds through a combination of under-vine cultivation and herbicides at San Bernabe Vineyards. Topics include herbicide resistant weeds, reasons to avoid pre-emergent herbicides, cover crops for weed suppression, and the benefits of controlling weeds mechanically.

• Cover crops for weed management
• Steel in the Field: A Farmer's Guide to Weed Management Tools
• Steel in the Field: A Vineyard Team Tailgate Meeting
• "Vineyard Weed Management"- excerpt from Grape Grower's Handbook by Ted Goldammer

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Dr. Timothy Miles discusses the prevalence of powdery mildew populations found to be resistant to FRAC group 11 fungicides. He then describes his work on finding the genes associated with resistance to FRAC group 11 fungicides and developing new molecular tools to identify fungicide resistant powdery mildew populations.

• Detection of Fungicide Resistant Mildew | Timothy Miles
• Inoculum Monitoring to Guide Mildew Management_Episode 5 Podcast
• Grower Thoughts on Fungicide Resistance_Episode 6 Podcast
• PMapp: A Mobile App for Assessing Powdery Mildew

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Conservationists Margy Lindquist with USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service and Devon Best with Upper Salinas Las Tablas Resource Conservation District, discuss the importance of and the process of creating a conservation plan. Conservation plans are a tool for land owners to identify opportunities and issues to be addressed to protect and enhance their land for generations to come.

• Conservation Assistance with NRCS Podcast
• Resource Conservation District (RCD) Services
• Upper Salinas Las Tablas Resource Conservation District
• NRCS Service Centers in California

Listen to the latest science and research with the Sustainable Winegrowing Podcast. Since 1994, Vineyard Team has been your resource for workshops and field demonstrations, research, and events dedicated to the stewardship of our natural resources.

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