Kurtural Lab
Kurtural Lab
Kurtural Lab
University of California
Kurtural Lab

Active Projects

Current Projects

1.  Assessing spatial variability of mechanically managed vineyards in Oakville AVA.

2. Study on the use of source-sink-reserves, relations to manipulate grapevine nitrogen use efficiency, aroma and flavonoid maturity and its relationship to yields and wine composition

3. Assessing Rootstock Biology and Water Uptake through Proximal Sensing under Different Wetting/Drying Conditions

4. Next generation trellis types for coastal viticulture

5.  Interactive effects of rootstocks and clones on mitigating water scarcity

6.  Mitigating green house gas emissions from vineyard systems by low input, permanent cover crops

7. Fractions of crop evapotranspiration replacement in Cabernet Sauvignon and its cascading effects on berry metabolism

8. Evaluating phyto-cat in vineyard systems

9. UV selective shade films and their effect on berry and wine chemistry

Fun in the Vineyard

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