Viticulture adaptation to global warming: Modelling gas exchange, water status and leaf temperature to probe for practices manipulating water supply, canopy reflectance and radiation load

Abstract

Associated with climate change, the frequency, duration, and intensity of heatwaves are increasing in most of the key wine regions worldwide. Depending on timing, intensity, and duration, heatwaves can impact grapevine yield and berry composition, with implications for wine quality. To overcome these negative effects, two types of mitigation practices have been proposed (i) to enhance transpiration and (ii) to reduce the radiation load on the canopy. Here we use a biophysical model to quantify the impact of these practices on canopy gas exchange, vine water status, and leaf temperature (Tₗ). Model validation was performed in a commercial vineyard. Modelled Tₗ from 14 to 43 °C, and transpiration, from 0.1 to 5.4 mm d⁻¹, aligned around the identity line with measurements in field-grown vines; the RMSD was 2.6 ºC for temperature and 0.96 mm day⁻¹ for transpiration. Trellis system and row orientation modulate Tₗ. A sprawling single wire trellis with an EW orientation maintained the canopy around 1ºC cooler than a Vertical Shoot Positioned canopy with NS for the same range of total fraction of soil available water (TFAW). Although irrigation before a heatwave is a recommended practice, maximum transpiration can be sustained even when TFAW is reduced, limiting the heat dampening effect of irrigation. Alternatively, canopy cooling can be achieved through Kaolin application, the installation of shade cloth placement, or canopy trimming. Shade cloth produced a greater cooling than Kaolin in all the simulated scenarios; however, Tₗ differences between them varied. Trimming reduced Tₗ from 2 ºC to almost 8 ºC compared to its non-trimmed counterpart. Our analysis presents new insights to design heat wave mitigation strategies and supports agronomically meaningful definitions of heat waves that include not only temperature, but also wind, VPD, and radiation load as these factors influence crop physiology under heat stress.

Plant phenotyping relevance

ブドウの葉温・蒸散・水状態を推定する生物物理モデルを開発的に適用し、圃場測定で検証しているため、植物表現型の取得・推定が中心的です。

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