Cold Hardiness of Primary Buds of Wine and Table Grape Cultivars in Poland
Journal: South African Journal of Enology and Viticulture
Year: 2020

The aim of this study was to compare the cold resistance of grapevine cultivars in field conditions. Following the winters of 2016/2017 and 2017/2018, an assessment of frost damage was carried out on the vines of 42 wine cultivars and 45 table grape cultivars grown in central Poland (Skierniewice, latitude 51.9627 N, longitude 20.1666 E). The minimum temperature for each of the two winters was recorded on 2017-01-07 (-20.9C) and on 2018-02-27 (-20.1C). Among the assessed cultivars, 19 (13 wine g