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Solving smoke taint: Overcoming the impacts of vineyard exposure to smoke. Vineyard exposure to bushfire smoke can taint grapes, causing significant revenue losses where smoky, ashy characters render wine unsaleable. Smoke taint therefore remains an ongoing threat to the viability of the wine industry. This project aims to safeguard grape and wine quality by building the wine industry’s capacity to predict, mitigate and respond to risk associated with vineyard smoke exposure. Expected outcomes i ....Solving smoke taint: Overcoming the impacts of vineyard exposure to smoke. Vineyard exposure to bushfire smoke can taint grapes, causing significant revenue losses where smoky, ashy characters render wine unsaleable. Smoke taint therefore remains an ongoing threat to the viability of the wine industry. This project aims to safeguard grape and wine quality by building the wine industry’s capacity to predict, mitigate and respond to risk associated with vineyard smoke exposure. Expected outcomes include establishing the mechanism by which smoke compounds are taken up by grapes and the factors that influence their sensory impact on wine. The development of innovative and interdisciplinary strategies for detecting and alleviating smoke taint will deliver important economic benefit to the Australian wine sector.Read moreRead less
Genomic basis of clonal variation in Cabernet Sauvignon wine grapes. The commercial practice of vegetative propagation results in novel clones through discrete mutations, creating challenges for horticultural and wine industries. This project will use cutting edge molecular profiling to design methods to map the identity of grapevines in whole vineyards, enabling industry to capture this variation for crop improvement.
Environment, Management and Compositional Quality of Fruit and Wine of the Grapevine, 'Chardonnay". This project seeks to maintain Australia`s competitive edge in the ultra premium and icon global wine market by seeking to identify new objective descriptors for Chardonnay. These can then be applied across the full spectrum of sites, climates and management for this variety. It comprises three sub-programs that are integrated with vineyard and winery management: 1, natural product chemistry of fr ....Environment, Management and Compositional Quality of Fruit and Wine of the Grapevine, 'Chardonnay". This project seeks to maintain Australia`s competitive edge in the ultra premium and icon global wine market by seeking to identify new objective descriptors for Chardonnay. These can then be applied across the full spectrum of sites, climates and management for this variety. It comprises three sub-programs that are integrated with vineyard and winery management: 1, natural product chemistry of fruit, 2, fine-scale, vine biology in relation to site, season and management, and 3, complex systems analyses applying modern database, multivariate and data-mining technologies to assess and communicate visually, the key drivers of compositional quality.Read moreRead less
Vineyard soil health and microbial biodiversity under different cover crop and floor management practices. This project will examine vineyard ?soil health? by monitoring the populations of soil microorganisms under different vineyard cultural practices, with an emphasis on microbial populations capable of suppressing soil borne disease and of increasing the nutrient uptake by the vine. The project will identify vineyard cover crop and floor management practices for the improvement of soil healt ....Vineyard soil health and microbial biodiversity under different cover crop and floor management practices. This project will examine vineyard ?soil health? by monitoring the populations of soil microorganisms under different vineyard cultural practices, with an emphasis on microbial populations capable of suppressing soil borne disease and of increasing the nutrient uptake by the vine. The project will identify vineyard cover crop and floor management practices for the improvement of soil health and sustainability in the rapidly expanding wine industry, providing considerable economic and environmental advantages to regional and rural communities.Read moreRead less
Biological control of grapevine scales. Wine grapes can be grown with a minimum of pesticide and fungicide applications in some regions, but biological control is still required to maintain populations of major pests. This project is concerned with grapevine and frosted scales, which are common pests of grapevines. The distribution and identity of different grapevine scales, and their main parasitoids, in the various grape growing regions of Australia will be determined by initial surveys. Exper ....Biological control of grapevine scales. Wine grapes can be grown with a minimum of pesticide and fungicide applications in some regions, but biological control is still required to maintain populations of major pests. This project is concerned with grapevine and frosted scales, which are common pests of grapevines. The distribution and identity of different grapevine scales, and their main parasitoids, in the various grape growing regions of Australia will be determined by initial surveys. Experiments and laboratory studies of the interaction of the various predators and parasitoids will be undertaken to develop a biological control program of the scales aimed at reducing pesticide input.Read moreRead less
Attract and reward: a novel approach to enhancing biological control of crop pests. Pests cause serious damage to Australia's agricultural crops. Current control relies heavily on synthetic pesticides. This project will develop novel products based on natural plant compounds to attract beneficial insects into crops where they will be supported with nectar, pollen and shelter to maximise their lifespan, reproduction, residency. This use of Australia's beneficial insect biodiversity will provide ....Attract and reward: a novel approach to enhancing biological control of crop pests. Pests cause serious damage to Australia's agricultural crops. Current control relies heavily on synthetic pesticides. This project will develop novel products based on natural plant compounds to attract beneficial insects into crops where they will be supported with nectar, pollen and shelter to maximise their lifespan, reproduction, residency. This use of Australia's beneficial insect biodiversity will provide novel pest control options to help transform the vegetable and grape industries. The work will reduce reliance on conventional pesticides; thereby contributing towards Australia's environmental sustainability and providing healthier foodstuffs. Read moreRead less
Industrial Transformation Training Centres - Grant ID: IC130100005
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,405,204.00
Summary
ARC Training Centre for Innovative Wine Production. Innovative Wine Production: responding to climate, water, market and economic challenges. This Training Centre for Innovative Wine Production will provide new knowledge, methods and technologies as well as highly skilled PhD and postdoctoral researchers to tackle the main challenges for industry: Climate warming, water restrictions, changing consumer preferences and rising wine alcohol content, in order to help make the wines that consumers wan ....ARC Training Centre for Innovative Wine Production. Innovative Wine Production: responding to climate, water, market and economic challenges. This Training Centre for Innovative Wine Production will provide new knowledge, methods and technologies as well as highly skilled PhD and postdoctoral researchers to tackle the main challenges for industry: Climate warming, water restrictions, changing consumer preferences and rising wine alcohol content, in order to help make the wines that consumers want.Read moreRead less
Metabolite glucosylation during grape berry development. The research proposed contributes to building and transforming the Australian wine industry, and other horticultural industries, by developing expertise and knowledge in the area of grape berry metabolism. The synthesis and validation of a library of grape berry metabolites, annotation of part of the grapevine genome sequence dataset and development of the micro vine transformation system are innovative products of significant national and ....Metabolite glucosylation during grape berry development. The research proposed contributes to building and transforming the Australian wine industry, and other horticultural industries, by developing expertise and knowledge in the area of grape berry metabolism. The synthesis and validation of a library of grape berry metabolites, annotation of part of the grapevine genome sequence dataset and development of the micro vine transformation system are innovative products of significant national and international benefit. Two high-quality PhD students will be trained in a collaborative and high-quality research environment during the course of the proposed research.Read moreRead less
Beneficial arthropods in Coonawarra vineyards and sustainable grape production. Many species of pest and beneficial arthropods live in vines and groundcover of vineyards. Vignerons often devote considerable effort to sustain populations of what they believe to be beneficial arthropods. However, the types of natural enemies and techniques to enhance their effectiveness are poorly known. This project aims to identify and quantify the role of natural enemies in controlling the main pest in Coonawar ....Beneficial arthropods in Coonawarra vineyards and sustainable grape production. Many species of pest and beneficial arthropods live in vines and groundcover of vineyards. Vignerons often devote considerable effort to sustain populations of what they believe to be beneficial arthropods. However, the types of natural enemies and techniques to enhance their effectiveness are poorly known. This project aims to identify and quantify the role of natural enemies in controlling the main pest in Coonawarra vineyards, identify their food and shelter requirements, and improve management practices and other techniques to optimise populations of beneficial species. The significance of this project is that it will enable the promotion of insecticide-free production of winegrapes in the Coonawarra.Read moreRead less
Oxygen Signalling in Grapevine Bud Dormancy. Dormancy is an important economic and ecological trait of many trees and crop plants, including most commercially valuable fruit species. This project aims to: define oxygen and radicals of oxygen as central cues of grapevine bud development and dormancy; identify and model the developmental processes that occur during dormancy onset, maintenance and release (bud burst); as well as to identify the molecular and biochemical regulators of oxygen signals ....Oxygen Signalling in Grapevine Bud Dormancy. Dormancy is an important economic and ecological trait of many trees and crop plants, including most commercially valuable fruit species. This project aims to: define oxygen and radicals of oxygen as central cues of grapevine bud development and dormancy; identify and model the developmental processes that occur during dormancy onset, maintenance and release (bud burst); as well as to identify the molecular and biochemical regulators of oxygen signals in bud dormancy. The knowledge generated could provide a platform to test impacts of climate change on fruit and tree species, and lead to better management of fruit and tree species in agricultural and ecological systems.Read moreRead less