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Viticulture Institute of the State Baden-Württemberg (WBI)
Institution
Section overview
Description
The Institute has the task to support wine production through scientific research and practical applyed researchand to promote and improve its production processes.
Activities
- Research
Subordinate institutions
Coordinated projects
- Analysis of the spreading and risk assessment of Pinot gris viruses
- Development of effective strategies for grapevine protection against Esca disease and restructuring of already affected vineyards
- Forecast of pest-occurrence in the crop protection by the example of Hyalesthes obsoletus as the transmitter of blackwood
- Healthy grapevines (Vitis vinifera) in ecological winery through science, innovation and transfer
- Integration of plant resistance, on viticultural measures and biological pesticides in a farming system for organic viticulture in Europe
- Reduction of copper-containing pesticides in organic viticulture: investigations into innovative copper formulations with high reduction potential and developing strategies to their specific application to the grapevine
- Sustainable production of innovative sparkling wine
- Ways to avoid excessive alcohol content of wine (alcohol management)
Coordinated collaborative projects
Coordinated projects of subordinate institutions
- Effect of potassium, magnesium and water supply and temperature on grape wilting
- Optimization of Peronospora fight in viticulture based on an enlarged forecast model Addendum A: decision-making approach to assessing the epidemiological relevance of an attack event by Peronospora
- Studies on the transmission routes of Esca disease in grapes and development of methods to produce healthy seed stocks
Involved in research projects
- Development of innovative strategies for sustainable plant protection in viticulture. Part: Identification and comparative analysis of candidate genes for resistance to contribute to the elucidation of different resistance mechanisms
- Equipment classification for pesticide savings based on accumulation and efficacy trials in orchards and vineyards
- Interreg IV 'Bacchus'
- VitiFuture
- Win-win in the vineyard (W³) - - Innovative, ecological and economical vineyard management with extensive sheep grazing
Contact
Viticulture Institute of the State Baden-Württemberg
(WBI)
Merzhauser Str. 119
79100 Freiburg
Baden-Württemberg
Germany
Phone: 0761/ 40165-0
Fax: 0761/ 40165-70
Email: poststelle(@)wbi.bwl.de
