Viticulture
The Productivity and Food Security Research Branch’s Viticulture Unit is delivered through the National Wine and Grape Industry Centre (NWGIC) at Wagga Wagga, an alliance between NSW DPI, Charles Sturt University and the NSW Wine Industry Association.
Research themes include:
- Whole-of-vineyard management and production strategies to promote a sustainable system. Focus is on optimal growing conditions, nutrition and irrigation management strategies.
- Grapevine enviro-physiology - to develop a better understanding of environmental interactions between the vine and fruit physiology and development. Emphasis is on environmental stresses, vine reserve dynamics and source-sink relationships and their effects on vine performance, fruit development and physiological disorders.
- Vine health and the environment, which explores disease management by understanding the complexities between the vine and its physical and biological environment. Emphasis is on vine microflora, vineyard biodiversity and the relationships between climatic factors and disease incidence.
Key research collaborations
R&D (research and development) programs are funded primarily through the Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation through the Winegrowing Futures program. Formal collaborative arrangements are in place with the partners in the NWGIC; Charles Sturt University and NSW Wine Industry Association.
Scientific Outputs
The Viticulture Unit has online summaries of its scientific outputs. In some cases the summary has the full outputs available as a PDF which can be downloaded. The scientific outputs are arranged by year of publication.
Scientists
Find a list of Viticulture scientists.
Contact
Dr Ron Hutton
Research Leader, Viticulture
Phone: 02 6933 2108
Email: ron.hutton@dpi.nsw.gov.au