Viticulture

Code: FIT13092L

6 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours

Scientific Area: Agronomy

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Sustainable Development Goals

4. Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Learning Goals

- Understanding particular characteristics of external morphology of the vine. To discuss the purpose and techniques of pruning operations.
- Understanding the influence of ecological factors and cultural practices in vigor.
- Understanding the importance of flowering and bud fertility on vine productivity to know the main training systems used under certain conditions.
- To know about the growing potential of each region according to the characteristics of soil and climate.
- To Know the vine culture not only the particular characteristics related to wine production but also considering.
- Other possibilities for grape production, like table grapes, raisins grapes and sweet juice grapes.

1 - Introduction: Economic importance of viticulture and grape producing regions
2 - Systematic and morphology: Ampelideas Family. External morphology of branches, leaves, buds and inflorescences. Stem and root apex anatomy.
3 - Physiology and development of the vine. Vegetative development: dormancy and shoot growth.
Reproductive development: Fertility and fertility rates. Flowering and fruit set. Berry shatter and other physiological problems. Berry growth and development. Environmental and cultural practices. Quality parameters and quality evaluation.
4 -Supports for vines: study of the vine microclimate and the vines responses to pruning -Discussion about the major important training systems.
5 - Ecology of the vine: Study of particular aspects of soil and climate important to define the grape production areas. Climate-indices.Soil importance.-The concept of "Terroir". Quality potential.
6 -The production of table grapes and raisins: -Main varieties and cultural practices.

Teaching Methods

Theoretical classes and practical discussion in commercial orchards. Evaluating by final exam and presentation and discussion of an orchard design project.