English title:
Viticulture - practices
Course ID:
958142
ECTS credits:
3,0
Title in native language:
Weinbau - Übungen
Weinbau - Übungen
Term Semester:
Spring/Summer
Instruction language(s):
German
English
Course content:
Practical demonstration of the work in the vineyard with a focus on sustainable practices. The course will include -when possible- excursion/visits to wine producers
- training system and pruning methods,
- vineyard planning and new plantation
- soil analysis and fertilization
- organic viticulture and cover-crop management
- disease diagnosis and risk management
- canopy management
- ampelography
- berry ripening analysis
- training system and pruning methods,
- vineyard planning and new plantation
- soil analysis and fertilization
- organic viticulture and cover-crop management
- disease diagnosis and risk management
- canopy management
- ampelography
- berry ripening analysis
Expected previous knowledge:
lecture Viticulture
Learning outcomes:
Students:
- decide and perform pruning to various training systems,
- can describe a vineyard area and their location,
- can assess diseases in grapevines,
- can apply and take measures to canopy management and selective harvest,
- ca decide soil management practices
- decide and perform pruning to various training systems,
- can describe a vineyard area and their location,
- can assess diseases in grapevines,
- can apply and take measures to canopy management and selective harvest,
- ca decide soil management practices
Teaching and learning methods:
"hands-on"; students receive a brief introduction on the topic and then practice in the demo-vineyard at UFT
Exam method:
Continuos assessment + final Written exam
Organisation: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna
Country:
Austria
Acronym:
BOKU
ERASMUS+ code:
A WIEN03
Teaching period summer semester:
22. Feb 2021 - 30. Sep 2021
Teaching period winter semester:
13. Oct 2020 - 21. Feb 2021
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