LIBRARY
We support the development of the industry by promoting the benefits of new grape varieties, mechanisation and trellis drying.
Welcome to the Dried Fruits Australia digital library.
The library gives DFA members access to dried grape industry knowledge and information, accumulated over several decades.
Here you will find hundreds of reports, research papers, best practice information sheets, books, and past issues of the Vine magazine and its predecessor Dried Fruits News.
Use the search bar or category buttons below to find the information you need.
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The Influence of Tipping, Topping, Cincturing, and Disbudding on Growth and Yield in the Sultana Vine
In this article: The article describes experimental work dealing with summer treatments of the [...]
Investigations of Local Problems Related to Dried Fruits Production in the Nyah-Woorinen Districts
The paper give an account of the organisation of an Enquiry Committee constituted in [...]
Irrigation of Sultanas in the Swan Hill District
Soil moisture properties and irrigation practices were investigated for a number of soil types carrying [...]
Fruit Bud Studies. III. The Sultana: Some Relations Between Shoot Growth, Chemical Composition, Fruit Bud Formation and Yield
In this article: Some relationships between shoot growth, the accumulation of starch and nitrogen, [...]
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In this article: A severe late October hailstorm caused damage in the Mildura district. Within the [...]
The Diagnostic Value of the Chlorine Content of the Vine Leaf
In this article: An investigation of the relationship of the soil chlorine content to [...]
Fruit Bud Studies. II. The Sultana: Differentiation and Development of the Fruit Buds
In this article: The results of a study of the differentiation and development of [...]
Viticultural Investigations – Commonwealth Research Station, Merbein
In this article: At the present time, Australia is the third most important country [...]
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In this article: Provides information drawn from research that had been conducted into seasonal [...]
Fruit Bud Studies: I, The Sultana. An Analysis of the Distribution and Behaviour of the Buds of the Sultana Vine, together with an Account of the Differentiation and Development of the Fruit Buds
In this article: Describes an investigation into the distribution, differentiation and development of fruit [...]
The Root System of the Sultana
In this article: This article details investigations of the roots of the sultana vine [...]
The Irrigation of Horticultural Community Settlements – Notes for the Guidance of Advisory Boards in Murray Valley Settlements
Pamphet issued for the guidence of the irrigation officers of the various irrigation advisory [...]
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In this article: At the request of the A.D.F.A. the following notes were prepared [...]
Irrigation Investigations in the Mildura and Renmark Districts
The paper put forward the position that the then current irrigation practices were less [...]
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In this article: A pamphlet prepared by the CSIR and issued by the ADFA [...]
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In this article: Describes the nature of the mixed dip and provides procedures for preparing the dip, for [...]
