In order to consider the potential interest of precision viticulture in the specific conditions of Uruguay, an experiment was performed in two plots of 1.8 hectares in a commercial vineyard planted with Tannat (Vitis vinifera L.) variety and trained to Vertical Shoot Positioning (VSP) trellis system.
Vineyard yield forecasting is a key issue for vintage scheduling and for optimizing vineyard and winery resources.
Representative evapotranspiration (ET) measurements over vineyards are today still challenging due to spatial variability of plants, soil conditions and surface topography.
Planting intercropped trees with grapevines is a practice that have recently been developed in French vineyards in order to bring beneficial effects to the parcel and its environment.
VitiCanopy is a free application (App) for smartphones and tablet PCs that can be used as a simple and free alternative to traditional methods to measure canopy architecture parameters.