This award honours an outstanding Author(s) of a paper published in the AJGWR in the previous twelve months where the potential application of the research on viticultural practices is deemed by an industry/science-based panel to have the most impact. 

 

 2023Dr Cristina Lazcano, University of California in Davis USA
 

Assessing the short-term effects of no-till on crop yield, greenhouse gas emissions, and soil C and N pools in a cover-cropped, biodynamic Mediterranean vineyard.

The paper was published as a special issue for the 18th Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference at which Lazcano presented.

Lazcano’s paper showed that using a no tillage regime in vineyards is feasible for climate mitigation. The judging panel said the paper was important because it improves understanding of the soil ecological interactions responsible for carbon sequestration as well as nutrient availability and nutrient retention in agroecosystems.

 2022Matthew Ayres, SARDI
 

Matthew Ayres, from the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) for the paper titled: ‘Critical timing of fungicide application for pruning wound protection to control grapevine trunk diseases’ https://doi.org/10.1111/ajgw.12517

The award selection committee said with climate change leading to increased temperature and moisture, the conditions for pruning are becoming even more favourable to fungal development. The majority of the late 90’s boom vineyards are now more susceptible to disease due to the need for bigger cuts or reworking. Vines are our assets and knowledge, and management of trunk disease is more important than ever. The knowledge developed from this paper about the length of time to which apply pruning wound fungicide gives viticulturists more confidence in how to enact their practices.

 2021Dr M. Bonada SARDI

 

Impact of low rainfall during dormancy on vine productivity and development
M. Bonada, E.J. Edwards, M.G. McCarthy, G.C. Sepúlveda, P.R. Petrie

 2020Dr Rob Walker
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

 

Walker, R., Blackmore, D., Clingeleffer, P., Holt, H., Pearson, W. and Francis, I. (2019), Effect of rootstock on yield, grape composition and wine sensory attributes of Shiraz grown in a moderately saline environment. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research, 25: 414-429. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajgw.12409

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 2019Dr Zhenhua Cui
UC Davis

 

Cui, Z. , Agüero, C. , Wang, Q. and Walker, M. (2019), Validation of micrografting to identify incompatible interactions of rootstocks with virus‐infected scions of Cabernet Franc. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research, 25: 268-275. doi:10.1111/ajgw.12385

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 2018Dr. Catherine Wanjiru Clarke
Agriculture Victoria Research Division

 

 

 

Clarke, C., Wigg, F., Norng, S. and Powell, K. (2017) Effectiveness of sodium hypochlorite as a disinfestation treatment against genetically diverse strains of grape phylloxera Daktulosphaira vitifoliae Fitch (Hemiptera: Phylloxeridae)
Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research, 23: 432-440. doi:10.1111/ajgw.12288)

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 2017Dr Mark Sosnowski
South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI)

 

 

Ayres, M. R., Wicks, T. J., Scott, E. S., and Sosnowski, M. R. ( 2017) Developing pruning wound protection strategies for managing Eutypa dieback. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research, 23: 103111. doi: 10.1111/ajgw.12254.

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 2016Dr Joaquim Bellvert
Institute of Research, AgriFood & Technology (IRTA)
  Bellvert, J., Zarco‐Tejada, P. J., Marsal, J., Girona, J., González‐Dugo, V., and Fereres, E. ( 2016) Vineyard irrigation scheduling based on airborne thermal imagery and water potential thresholds. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research, 22: 307315. doi: 10.1111/ajgw.12173.
 2015Dr Gareth Hill
University of Tasmania
  Hill, G. , Evans, K. , Beresford, R. and Dambergs, R. (2014), Botrytis bunch rot quantification methods. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research, 20: 432-441. doi:10.1111/ajgw.12101
 2014Dr Jason Smith
Charles Sturt University
  Smith, J. , Schmidtke, L. , Müller, M. and Holzapfel, B. (2014), Rapid nutrient analysis of grapevine petioles. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research, 20: 299-309. doi:10.1111/ajgw.12072
 2013Dr Katherine Evans
University of Tasmania

 

Saito, S. , Dunne, K. , Evans, K. , Barry, K. , Cadle‐Davidson, L. and Wilcox, W. (2013), Quantification of Botrytis cineraea. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research, 19: 68-73. doi:10.1111/ajgw.12011

 2012Dr Victor Sadras
SARDI

 

 

Sadras, V. and Moran, M. (2012), Elevated temperature decouples anthocyanins and sugars in berries of Shiraz and Cabernet Franc. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research, 18: 115-122. doi:10.1111/j.1755-0238.2012.00180.x