Author: Thierry Besancon Alion® for Pre-Emergence Weed Control in Vineyards There have been numerous questions recently from growers about the use of Alion® (active ingredient: indaziflam) herbicide as they are planning their dormant-season herbicide program. Therefore, it may be useful to review some of the information about the use patterns of Alion® for weed control […]
Hilling-Up to Prevent Winter Injury in Vineyards
By: Hemant Gohil, Gloucester County Agricultural Agent; Daniel Ward, Extension Specialist in Pomology; Peter Nitzsche, Morris County Agricultural Agent; Gary C. Pavlis, Atlantic County Agricultural Agent. Cooperative Extension of Rutgers University. Preventing Grapevine Winter Injury: Hilling-Up Shortly after Harvest Winter injury is the single most limiting factor to grape production in the Northern United States. […]
New AVA Proposed in New Jersey – The Cape May Peninsula
Notice No. 161: Proposed Establishment of the Cape May Peninsula Viticultural Area The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) proposes to establish the 126,635-acre “Cape May Peninsula” viticultural area in Cape May and Cumberland Counties, New Jersey. The proposed viticultural area lies entirely within the Outer Coastal Plain viticultural area. TTB designates viticultural […]
Assessing Winter Cold Injury in NJ Vineyards
2013-14 and 2014-15 Winter Injury Survey By: Hemant Gohil and Daniel Ward Following the very low temperatures during the winters of 2013-14 and 2014-15, many vineyards experienced cold damage to their grape vines. Rutgers New Jersey Center for Wine Research and Education (NJCWRE) conducted a survey of NJ vineyards in spring of 2016 to assess […]
How to Conduct Research in the Vineyard
Washington State University Extension Published: March, 2016 By: Hemant Gohil, Markus Keller, and Michelle M. Moyer ON-FARM VINEYARD TRIALS: A GROWER’S GUIDE On-farm research offers many opportunities to understand the effectiveness of various management practices and products. However, how these trials are designed can alter the observed results. This guide summarizes the concepts of experimental […]