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VIN 201 - Viticultural Science

1. Understand the science of canopy management
   1. Define canopy microclimate
   2. Explain viticulture implications of microclimate
   3. Analyze grapevine canopies and diagnose problems
   4. Demonstrate canopy management techniques
2. Understand grape berry development
   1. Understand the physical and chemical changes in berries
   2. Demonstrate methods of analyzing fruit quality
   3. Relate vineyard practices to fruit development and quality 
3. Evaluate aspects of grape harvest
   1. Understand techniques of assessing fruit maturity
   2. Explain fruit development near harvest
   3. Analyze post harvest practices
4. Understand grapevine water use
   1. Describe vine water requirements
   2. Relate impact of too much water on vine health
   3. Relate impacts of too little water on vine health.
5. Understand concepts of vineyard irrigation
   1. Identify methods of irrigation.
   2. Contrast benefits and disadvantages of different systems
   3. Relate impact of irrigation on vine growth and fruit
6. Identify factors affecting grapevine nutrition.
   1. Relate role of macro-nutrients
   2. Relate role of micro-nutrients
   3. Diagnose deficiency and toxicity systems
   4. Develop a vineyard nutrition plan
7. Understand grapevine dormancy and cold hardiness
   1. Describe phases of dormancy
   2. Relate cultural practices that affect hardiness
   3. Describe methods of avoiding low temperature injury
8. Identify factors effecting grapevine training systems
   1. Understand methods of training and trellising
   2. Relate vine characteristics that effect training system choice
   3. Correlate training systems with canopy characteristics
9. Understand concepts of grapevine vigor and capacity
   1. Understand difference between vigor and capacity
   2. Correlate practices that effect vine vigor
   3. Correlate practices that effect vine capacity
10. Understand pruning practices
    1. Identify goals of pruning
    2. Determine ideal level of pruning
    3. Describe methods of pruning
    4. Correlate growth effects of pruning
11. Describe options methods for vineyard soil management
    1. Identify role of drainage
    2. Identify methods to impact drainage.
    3. Understand practices under the vines
    4. Understand practices between rows
    5. Correlate soil management practices to vine growth
    6. Identify environmental impact.
12. Understand methods of vineyard establishment and redevelopment
13. Understand different techniques for table grape production
    1. Correlate differences in fruit development and quality
    2. Relate canopy management practices for table grapes
    3. Understand training systems used in table grape production

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