PROJECT TITLE: Physical and chemical bunch characterisation of table grapes using machine vision Project leader: Dr Carlos Poblete-Echeverría Duration: 1 September 2021 - 31 December 2024 Project Summary: The current methods for determining chemical and physical quality parameters of table grapes…
PROJECT TITLE: "Edible coatings": Application of natural berry waxes to protect grapes against Botrytis and powdery mildew infection Project leader: Drs Justin Lashbrooke & Philip Young Duration: 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2024 Project Summary: Botrytis and Erysiphe necator (powdery mildew) infection…
PROJECT TITLE: Mitigating Grape Berry Cracking through modulation of Berry Skin Elasticity Project leader: Justin Lashbrooke (Stellenbosch University) Contact: jglash@sun.ac.za Duration: 1 January 2021 - 31 December 2023 …
PROJECT TITLE: Evaluation of rootstocks for the South African Table Grape Industry Project leader: Graeme Matthews (Provar) Contact: graeme@provar.co.za Duration: …
PROJECT TITLE: Grape quality from vineyard to shelf: Responses of Crimson Seedless and Italia to mesoclimate, water regime and ripeness level Project leader: Janéne Strydom/Kobus Hunter (ARC Infruitec-Nietvoorbij) Contact: strydomj@arc.agric.za Duration: 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2023 …
PROJECT TITLE: Reserve status and growth arrest phenomenon (GAP) incidence of Sultanina H5 in the Lower Orange River region as affected by post-harvest pruning Project Leader: Jan Avenant (ARC Infruitec-Nietvoorbij) Contact: avenantj@arc.agric.za Duration: 1 April 2018 to…
PROJECT TITLE: Developing guidelines for the judicious irrigation of table grapes according to grapevine water potential measurements Project Leader: Carolyn Howell (ARC Infruitec-Nietvoorbij) Contact: howellc@arc.agric.za Duration: 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2021 Problem identification and…
