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Search the South Africa Wine Research Library for past and current industry-funded projects. The search operates like a Google search. It can be conducted by entering a topic, e.g. Shiraz, smoke taint or ring nematodes, or by researcher name, project number, or project title.

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Calcium tartrate instability in South African Wines

Project title: Calcium tartrate instability in South African Wines
Project number: SAGWRI WdT 25-01
Project leader: Prof Wessel du Toit

Zygosaccharomyces – is there a crisis looming in low-alcohol wines?

Project title: Zygosaccharomyces – is there a crisis looming in low-alcohol wines? Project number: SAGWRI MdT 25-01 Project leader: Prof Maret du Toit Institution: South African Grape and Wine Research Institute (SAGWRI), Stellenbosch University Start date: 2025...

Exploring integrated pest management practices for Drosophila suzukii in South Africa

Project title: Exploring integrated pest management practices for Drosophila suzukii in South Africa. Project number: SU EE PA 25-02 Project leader: Prof Pia Addison Institution: Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University Start date:...

Risk management system for Drosophila suzukii to inform management decisions at different spatial scales

  Project title: Risk management system for Drosophila suzukii to inform management decisions at different spatial scales Project number: SU EE PA 25-01 Project leader: Prof Pia Addison Institution: Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch...

ReGenWine (ReGEN)

Project title: ReGenWine (ReGEN)
Project number: SAGWRI MAV 25-01
Project leader: Mrs Julia Harper

Evaluation of soil health indicators in the Stellenbosch wine grape region

Project title: Evaluation of soil health indicators in the Stellenbosch wine grape region
Project number: SU SS AH 25-01
Project leader: Prof A.G. Hardie-Pieters

Establishment of the technical and scientific bases for AI applications in wine production

Project title: Establishment of the technical and scientific bases for AI applications in wine production: Study case on viticulture, yield and phenology AI models
Project number: SAGWRI CP 25-01
Project leader: Prof CA Poblete-Echeverria

Selection of GLRaV-3 resistant rootstocks for the South African Wine Industry

Project number: PATHSOL GP 24-01
Project leader: Prof. Gerhard Pietersen
This study aims to select GLRaV-3-resistant rootstocks of the six most vital rootstock cultivars, establish them, verify their resistance, and make them widely available to the industry.

Establishment of grapevine leafroll associated virus 1 and 2 ELISAs

Project number: PATHSOL GP 24-02
Project leader: Prof Gerhard Pietersen
This project aims to develop ELISA tests to detect GLRaV-1 and GLRaV-2 and, if successful, combine them into a GLRaV1, -2, & -3 cocktail ELISA, which can detect all three viruses within a single test.

Evaluation of organic fertilisers on soil quality and wine grape performance

Project number: SU-SS AH 24-01
Project leader: Dr A Hardie-Pieters
This study will evaluate and compare major types of organic fertilisers to conventional ones and their impact on soil quality and winegrape production.

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