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Preliminary Evaluation of Alternative Drying Grape Varieties
In this article: A number of seedless grape varieties have been introduced into Australia [...]
Breeding Grapevines for Tropical Environments
In this article: Grapevines are increasingly grown in the latitudes between the Tropics of [...]
Grape Drying Principles in Relation to Trellis Drying
In this article: Australia’s main dried fruit markets require high quality, light coloured sultanas. [...]
Minimal Pruning – Its Role in Canopy Management and its Adoption in Australian Viticulture
In this article: Trials conducted in warm, irrigated Australian vineyards with Sultana and a [...]
Development of Methods for Screening Grapevines for Resistance to Infection by Downy Mildew .I . Dual Culture In Vitro
In this article: The responses of grapevine varieties and hybrids, with a range of [...]
Update on Experimental Results with Merbein Seedless
In this article: (In: Dried Fruit News) Update on Experimental Results with Merbein Seedless [...]
The Irymple trellis system – a mechanised system of dried Sultana production
In this article: Internal report series no. 70, May 1985. The progress of research [...]
Aspects of dried vine fruit quality and processing
In this article: Most of the research on processing and quality control of Australian [...]
Rootstock for Sultana
In this article: A vineyard survey of plant-parasitic nematodes conducted by CSIRO Merbein in [...]
Space and Light Requirements of Grafted Vines
In this article: This paper briefly discusses the space and light requirements and the [...]
Growth and Mineral Composition of the Sultana Grapevine as influenced by Salinity and Rootstock
In this article: Sultana grapevine, either on own root system or else grafted to [...]
Variation on chloride accumulation by hybrid vines from crosses involving the cultivars ramsey, Villard blanc and sultana
In this article: The possibility of breeding grapevines tolerant of salinity in the rootzone [...]
Chloride Uptake and Distribution by Grapevines with established and developing Root Systems in relation to Variations in Rootzone Salinity
In this article: The purpose of this work was to investigate effects of zonal [...]
Economic characteristics of dried vine fruit growers in Sunraysia
In this article: A report on the economic charateristics of dried fruit growers was [...]
Successful Propagation of Vitis berlandieri and Vitis cinerea from Hardwood Cuttings
In this article: A technique using water culture has been developed which enables the [...]
Yield Differences between Sultana Clones related to Vitis Status and Genetic Factors
In this article: Woodham and Alexander (1966) demonstrated differences in yield between Sultana vines [...]
Effects of Thermotherapy and Virus Status on Yield, Annual Growth and Grape Composition of Sultana
In this article: A high yielding Sultana clone, H5, infected with yellow speckle and [...]
Effects of Time of Season, Fruit Depth and Covering at Night when Ground Drying, on Acceptable Moisture Content of Sultana Raisins
In this article: A number of factors involved in the ground drying of sultana [...]





