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Oct 31, 2024
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2024-2025 Yavapai College Catalog
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VEN 103 - Maintaining a Vinifera Vineyard
Description: Maintaining a vineyard from the point of dormancy through the harvest. Emphasis on crop monitoring techniques, pruning methods, bloom, vine manipulation, and determining vine health. Includes the relationship that exists between the grower and the vintner.
Prerequisites: VEN 100 (May be taken concurrently)
Credits: 4
Lecture: 3
Lab: 2
Course Content:
- Grape cultivars
- Vine nutrition
- Water management
- Canopy management and crop thinning
- Vineyard floor management
- Pests and diseases
- Harvest
- Balanced pruning
- Yield estimates
- Vineyard business
Learning Outcomes:
- Identify wine grape cultivars. (1,7)
- List the nutrients required by grapes for proper growth. (2)
- Explain how nutrient status is assessed in the vineyard. (2)
- Calculate how many pounds of fertilizer are needed to supply a particular amount of nutrient to one acre of grapes. (2)
- Identify the components of a drip irrigation system. (3)
- Describe the steps in irrigation scheduling and relate the seasonal growth phase of the vine to water requirement. (3)
- Describe a canopy both in and out of balance. (4, 8, 9)
- Explain how initial vineyard establishment decisions as well as current cultural management impact canopy balance. (4,9)
- Identify the problems associated with over-cropping and under-cropping. (4, 7, 8)
- Describe the process to identify an unknown pest or cultural problem. (6)
- Use of a weed identification guide or dichotomous key to identify weeds. (6)
- Explain the importance of vineyard floor management. (5)
- Develop a vineyard management plan. (10)
- Discuss agricultural compliance. (10)
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