2024-2025 Yavapai College Catalog 
    
    Oct 31, 2024  
2024-2025 Yavapai College Catalog

VEN 195VS - Viticulture Practicum Summer


Description: Practical experience in vineyard operations partnering with an approved vineyard, Students must complete this summer practicum as well as VEN 195V in both fall and spring.

Prerequisites: VEN 100  (may be taken concurrently).

Credits: 2
Lecture: 0
Lab: 4

Course Content:
  1. Quality Assurance
  2. Canopy Management  
  3. Trellis Systems
  4. Harvest Operations
  5. Diseases and Pests
  6. Lab Analysis
  7. Crop Estimates
  8. Fertility Plan
  9. Petiole Analysis
  10. The U or Lyre System

Learning Outcomes:
  1. Assess and maintain crop health. (1-3,8,9)
  2. List and describe the characteristics of canopy ideotype. (2,10)
  3. Describe and collect fruit samples for harvest parameters. (4)
  4. Collect and perform lab analysis. (6)
  5. Predict and plot harvest date and crop estimate. (7)
  6. Plan and manage proper post-harvest monitoring. (7,8)
  7. Manage proper pre-harvest operations. (7,8)
  8. Identify major insect and weed pests in a given location. (5)
  9. Identify and describe major fungal diseases in a given location. (5)
  10. Evaluate existing management strategies for identified pests and diseases. (5)
  11. Apply spray schedule to accomplish the goals of a stated pest management program. (5)
  12. Discuss the water management strategy at your vineyard site. (1,8)
  13. Identify and preform proper suckering and shoot thinning techniques. (1-3,9)
  14. Apply proper cluster thinning, shoot positioning and leaf removal techniques. (1-3,9,10)