PRECISION VITICULTURE AND DIGITAL TERROIRS
Precision Viticulture (PV) refers to
the application of new and emerging information technologies to the production
of grapes (both table and wine) to improve the efficacy of production, maximise
the quality of production, minimise the environmental footprint of production
and minimise the risk associated with production for the grower and
processer. It is an area that I have been involved with for the past five
years (1999-2004) through my postgraduate studies. If you are interested
in learning more about PV please feel free to browse the articles below or
visit the links located on my Precision Viticulture
page.
Thesis Chapters
Digital Terroirs and Precision
Viticulture:
Investigations into the application of information technologies in
Australian vineyards
Literature Chapters
Prologue - Digital
Terroir: What does it meann?
Chapter 1 - A General
Introduction to Precision Viticulture
Chapter 2 - Vineyard
Site Selection
Chapter 3 - New
Technologies and Opportunities for Australian Viticulture
Research Chapters
Chapter 4 - How
Variable is Vineyard Production
Chapter 5 - A
Protocol for Mapping Vineyard Soil Surveys
Chapter 6 -
Improving the Accuracy and Spatial Resolution of
Vineyard Soil Maps Using Regression Kriging
Chapter 7 -
Predicting Digital Terroirs To Aid Vineyard Design
Chapter 8 -
Development of a Fuzzy Logic Model for the Prediction of
"Total" Grape Quality From Multiple Must Attributes
Chapter 9 - General
Discussion and Future Work
Entire Thesis (~9Mb)