Table & Raisin Grape: Cultivation, Harvest and Post-harvest

Harvesting and post-harvest handling of table grapes: To explain and demonstrate:
¿ the ripening process of grapes.
¿ standards and methods for determining optimal harvest maturity of grapes.
¿ principles and techniques of handling table grapes during harvest, pre-cooling packing and cold storage.
¿ calculations (e.g. dew point, pack store and cold store temperature).
Spring and Summer practices: To explain and demonstrate:
¿ physical spring and summer treatments that should be applied to produce export-quality table grapes (including removal of scion roots, canopy management, girdling, crop control, and bunch preparation).
¿ the use of plant bioregulators to produce export-quality table grapes (including gibberellic acid, forchlorfenuron, ethepon and abscisic acid).
¿ crop load calculations, using guidelines and industry norms.
Table grape cultivars (Rootstocks and scions): To explain and demonstrate characteristics and cultivation requirements of the most important table grape cultivars and rootstock cultivars used for table grapes, linking the natural cultivar characteristic to the required production practices.