Articles
RD&A News article on Wine Australia-funded project on optimising irrigation scheduling with Dr Vinay Pagay The Science of matching crop irrigation to actual water use
RD&A News article on Wine Australia-funded project with Dr Mike McCarthy Surface irrigation remains the best option
RD&A News article on Wine Australia-funded project with Dr Marcos Bonada Keep up the water during winter
Current projects
SAR 1701-2.1 Climate adaptation: developing irrigation strategies to combat dry winters with Chief Investigator Dr Paul Petrie
UA 1803-1.3 Plant sensor-based precision irrigation for improved vineyard water use efficiency, grape and wine composition and quality, and vineyard profitability with Chief Investigator Dr Vinay Pagay
Final projects
Final project report SAR 1302 Managing the impacts of climate change rainfall decline on vine balance and root activity
Journal publications
Deepak Gautam, Bertram Ostendorf and Vinay Pagay, Estimation of grapevine crop coefficient using a multispectral camera on an unmanned aerial vehicle, Remote Sensing 13, no. 13: 2639. doi.org/10.3390/rs13132639
Deepak Gautam and Vinay Pagay, A review of current and potential applications of remote sensing to study the water status of horticultural crops, Agronomy, 2020, 10(1) 140 doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10010140
Matthew J Knowling, Bree Bennett, Bertram Ostendorf, Seth Westra, Rob R Walker, Anne Pellegrino, Everard J Edwards, Cassandra Collins, Vinay Pagay and Dylan Grigg, Bridging the gap between data and decisions: a review of process-based models of viticulture, Agricultural Systems, Volume 193, October 2021, 103209
Water management resources
The AWRI has a wide range of water management resources – including fact sheets, articles and webinars – to help growers to use their water most effectively, achieving yield and quality targets.
