The Vine

Question 1

Vitis Vinifera

Answer 1

The main Eurasian species.

Question 2

What is Cutting?

Answer 2

Cutting is a section of a vine shoot that is planted and grows as a new plant. Usually a method used by commercial nurseries

Question 3

What is Layering?

Answer 3

Layering takes place in the vineyard. A cane is bent down and a section of it is buried in the ground and tthe tip of the cane points upward out of the ground. The buried section takes root and creates new growth.

Question 4

What is clonal selection?

Answer 4

Vines with positive mutations are selected for further propagation by cutting or layering so those characteristics can be carried onto the new plantings.

Question 5

What are the green parts of the vine?

Answer 5

Tendrils, Leaves, Buds, Flowers and Berries.

Question 6

What is a crossing?

Answer 6

A new variety produced from two parents of the same species. i.e: Cabernet Franc + Sauvignon Blanc = Cabernet Sauvignon

Question 7

What is a hybrid?

Answer 7

A vine whose parents come from two different species. One American parent and one Eurasian parent.

Question 8

What is Phylloxera?

Answer 8

It is an insect native to North America and V. Vinifera is unable to defend itself against the pest. Usually use root stocks from an American grape vine to protect V.Vinifera

Question 9

What is Grafting? What are the two types of Grafting?

Answer 9

A technique used to join a rootstock to a V. Vinifera variety. Bench Grafting is used by nurseries and join short sections of the V. Vinifera variety and the rootstock variety is joined together by machine and encouraged to fuse together

Head Grafting is used by the grape grower to change between new varieties.