Grape quality mapping for vineyard differential harvesting

Autor: Antonio Odair Santos, Robert L. Wample, Sivakumar Sachidhanantham, Oren Kaye
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, Vol 55, Iss 2, Pp 193-204 (2012)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1516-8913
1678-4324
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132012000200003
Popis: An experiment was carried out from 2005 to 2008, to calibrated NIR-based instrumentation and explore within field grape quality variability and map potential grape quality descriptors along vineyards, as a subsidy for differential harvesting,. The quality indicators (anthocyanin content, pH, titratable acidity and soluble solids) were subject to geo-spatial modeling. Subsequently, the data set was utilized to delineate "within-field" grape quality zone and to determine the timing of the harvest. Differential machine harvesting was implemented and segregation of wine grapes was done "on-the-go". The approach for field prediction of grape quality parameters and zone delineation allowed for separated fermentation for at least two wine styles.
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