Impact of Climatic Variability on Grape Production

Climatic Variability Impact on Grape Production
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Climatic Variability Impact on Grape Production
Article: Grapevine Phenology and Climate Change: Relationships and Trends in the Veneto Region of Italy for 1964–2009
Abstract
In the Veneto area of Italy, the cultivar data collection has offered a detailed examination of cultivar distinct values and similarities in phenological timing and growth stages and correlations with climate and climatic change. The cultivars evaluated had a budbreak to harvest duration ranging from mid-April to late September, with an average of 156 days, but with a range of 55 days amongst cultivars. Climate change in the region caused substantial breakpoints in the phenology time series, with early and medium cultivars shifting earlier than late cultivars, averaging 1990–1991 across all cultivars.
Introduction
Phenology focuses on how climate affects natural events timing, including bird migration, insect development stages, and plant blossoming. Furthermore, grapevine phenology is intimately linked to climate and has existed in many places over many years. It has attracted a lot of interest as a tool for understanding how climatic variability and change affect viticulture and wine production. More recently, evidence of substantial warming increases in both minimum and grapevine phenology was discovered in a study of Mediterranean basin climatic extremes from 1958 to 2000. 
Data and methods
Data was collected from more than 5 hectares of a single vineyard with more than 1000 cultivars. Viticultural professionals made phenology observations with CRA-VIT concerning the phonological scale for buds. Climate data from a place next to CRA-VIT collection in Conegliano, Italy, where daily data was configured to grow seasons of wine grapes.
Results
General climate traits showed that from 1964–2009, the maximum average temperature was 29 degrees Celsius, the minimum temperature was below zero, and there was annual precipitation of 1216mm. Phenological characteristics of the 18 cultivars showed that showed an average budbreak date of 17th April. The average phenological trends and variability in the collection from 1964 to 2009 showed higher inter-annual variability in the earlier periods of the record and decreasing inter-annual variability since around 1990. There was moderate inter-annual variability and inter-decadal transitions in temperature from 1964 to 2009. There were trends in average, average maximum, and average minimum temperatures for a year and the growing season.
Discussion
            This study examined phenological patterns and the impact of a warming environment, significantly impacting cultivar suitability and wine production in the area and throughout the world. Further changes in vine growth are predicted to occur if climate change continues at its current rate (1.5 to 2.5°C by 2050).
Conclusion
            When cultivated in favorable climes, grapevines provide high-quality fruit at economically viable production levels. Vine g...