Vineyard Frost Protection Systems: Latest Advances and Prospects
A special issue of AgriEngineering (ISSN 2624-7402).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2021) | Viewed by 318
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fruit quality; vineyard frost protection; rootstocks
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Untimely freeze and frost events represent a significant challenge to grape production around the world, and a changing climate will likely increase their unpredictability. While late spring frost is a serious threat, erratic weather patterns may also increase the risk of winter injury due to delayed or reduced acclimation, and untimely deacclimation. A number of frost protection methods may be employed to mitigate damage; however, no single method provides an economic, broadly efficacious solution. With advances in technology and a growing body of viticulture research, this important challenge is primed for innovative solutions. The strategic use of technology and refined vineyard management practices will increase the number of cost-effective tools available to producers. This Special Issue will consolidate recent advances in both active and passive methods of vineyard frost protection in an effort to meet the needs of the twenty-first century grape grower. This issue will accept, but is not limited to, contributions that focus on the following areas:
- Vineyard heaters
- Wind machines
- Remote sensing
- Unmanned aerial systems
- Sensors
- Methods to delay budbreak
- Cyroprotectants
- Computational modeling
- Floor management strategies
Dr. Justin Scheiner
Dr. Pierre Helwi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- frost protection
- wind machines
- vineyard heaters
- cryoprotectants
- delaying budbreak
- winter injury
- late spring freeze
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