December 2020 / January 2021
Growing growing grapes Down Under
What South Africans can learn from Australian table grape producers
October / November 2024
Phasing out agricultural remedies
What table-grape growers need to know about the changing regulatory environment. By Anna Mouton Table-grape growers depend on plant-protection solutions to produce the flawless fruit that consumers demand. But the same consumers increasingly insist on reducing or eliminating the use…
June / July 2024
The future of pest management
Pressure is mounting to find alternatives to chemical crop protectants. How far are we in developing other options? By Anna Mouton The current generation of table-grape growers is accustomed to chemical pest control. But synthetic pesticides only became mainstream after…
June / July 2024
What drives cluster uniformity?
How plant hormones and flower size interact to decide the fate of individual berries in a cluster. By Anna Mouton Table-grape consumers prefer bunches where all the berries are the same size. Diminutive berries – known as shot berries –…