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Mechanization of Pruning, Canopy Management, and Harvest in Winegrape Vineyards

S. Kaan Kurtural, Matthew W. Fidelibus
Catalyst: Discovery into Practice June 2021 5: 29-44; published ahead of print April 21, 2021 ; DOI: 10.5344/catalyst.2021.20011
S. Kaan Kurtural
1Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616.
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Matthew W. Fidelibus
1Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616.
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    Long, continuous 3.2 km rows in a Pinot gris vineyard in Kern County, California. Long rows are preferred to minimize the number of turns for the continuous operation of mechanical equipment.

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    Proper spacing between alleyways will ensure long-machines can turn into rows easily.

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    (A) High quality steel end posts and line posts are needed to ensure that the load of fruit and the torque from machines can be handled. (B) Narrow profile steel end posts with spaded ends are preferred in mechanically managed vineyard installation.

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    (A) Single high-wire trellis with beveled line post and the cordon wire, and (B) vertically shoot-positioned trellis with three grapevine panels with line stakes.

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    (A) Quadrilateral trellis as cordons are being trained and (B) at full canopy with the sprawling shoots caught by the catch-wires at the t-top.

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    Properly installed irrigation gate valve, fertilizer injection port at the correct height of 55 cm above vineyard floor.

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    Mechanical box-pruning at a single-high wire Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard during the dormant season.

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    Mechanical prepruning at a Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard in Napa County, California.

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    Hedger bars removing the sprawl and undergrowth of a sprawling canopy in Madera County, California.

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    A rotary and drum mechanical pruner used in mechanical box pruning with hedger bar cutters on the side removing the sprawl.

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    A combination mechanical pruner that is used in California sprawl type trellis in the San Joaquin Valley of California.

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    A multipurpose carrier frame with combination mechanical pruners installed that can prune two rows at a time in a Chardonnay vineyard in the central coast of California.

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    A shoot removal implement with a cordon brush with silicone fingers on (A) a rotating drum and (B) the shoot removal paddle in the front of the rotating drum.

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    Common fruit-zone leaf removal implements used in vineyards with (A) a suck-and-cut type and (B) a roll-over type of fruit-zone leaf removal machine with a 50 cm baffle exposed.

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    Parts of a mechanical harvester, typically used in California, operating (A) at night, with (B) a canopy shaker head with the bow rods visible, (C) a trunk shaker head with the rails in the bottom above the catcher plates, (D) the catcher plates that go around the trunk and line posts, (E) the conveyor belt with food grade buckets that transports the berries to the top of the harvester to the kicker belt, (F) the over-the-row conveyor used to deliver fruit to receptacle bin in the neighboring row, and (G) passive mechanism for keeping canes and sticks out of the fruit buckets with the slider bar.

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    The cleaning system of a typical mechanical harvester indicating the location of (A) the kicker belt and cleaning fans, (B) the kicker belt and the drop cleaning fans, and (C) the ferrous material cleaner on the over-the-row conveyor before fruit is delivered to receptacle bin.

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    Supplemental Video 2  Mechanical shoot removal in a vertically shoot positioned Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard in Greenfield, California mounted to remove shoots in two rows at a time.

    Supplemental Video 3  Front-mounted trunk suckering machines removing unwanted shoots from the trunks of a single high wire trellis in Greenfield, California.

    Supplemental Video 4  Roll-over type fruit zone leaf removal machines mounted to remove leaves in two rows, in both sides in Greenfield, California.

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