Effects of Viticultural Practices and Edaphoclimatic Conditions on Grape and Wine Quality, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Physiology and Crop Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 February 2026 | Viewed by 26
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food chemistry; GC-MS; volatile compounds; sensory analysis; grape and wine chemistry
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Interests: northern viticulture; abiotic stress in perennial plants; resistant Vitis varieties; metabolomics; organic viticulture; climate change
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Interests: grapevine phenology; precision viticulture; climate change; viticultural practices
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Viticulture represents a key sector in the economies of the OIV’s Member states, as well as those of emerging countries. Global warming has led to a series of changes at the productive level, necessitating the study of adaptative strategies and the development of viticulture in new agricultural regions.
Variations in temperature, relative humidity, water availability, and UV radiation, among other factors, may affect vine physiology, productivity, berry quality, and wine typicity. Viticultural practices and edaphoclimatic conditions affect grape and wine quality, and an understanding of them will lead to valuable insights for vineyard management and determining harvesting times.
For this Special Issue, we welcome manuscripts evaluating the effects of viticultural strategies and edaphoclimatic conditions on vine physiology, berry quality, and wine typicity. Manuscripts may be from a wide range of fields and cover topics including abiotic and biotic stress, vine phenology, bioclimatic indices, the selection of vineyards, planting materials, training systems, crop thinning, shoot trimming, leaf removal, canopy management, irrigation, plant hormones, and foliar fertilization.
Dr. Mar Vilanova de la Torre
Dr. Karine Pedneault
Dr. Nicolás Verdugo-Vásquez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- berry quality
- climate change adaptation
- cold climate viticulture
- edaphoclimatic conditions
- precision viticulture
- subtropical viticulture
- table grape production
- viticultural practices
- terroir
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