IVES Technical Reviews (Nov 2024)

COPPEREPLACE. Copper applications in organic viticulture, are a real challenge today. Part 2. Technical and practical implementation

  • Mario de la Fuente,
  • António Graça,
  • José Manso,
  • Ivone Tomás,
  • Natacha Fontes,
  • Caroline Gouttesoulard,
  • Bartosz Tylkowski,
  • Magdalena Olkiewicz,
  • Josep M. Montornes,
  • Elena Sánchez,
  • Emilio Gil,
  • Ruth Pereira,
  • Anabela Cachada,
  • Cristiana Paiva,
  • Beatriz Fernandes,
  • Verónica Nogueira,
  • Cátia Santos,
  • Leonor Pereira,
  • Luís Marcos,
  • David Fernández Calviño

DOI
https://doi.org/10.20870/IVES-TR.2024.8368

Abstract

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In grape and wine production, one of the main relevant and recurrent diseases is downy mildew, caused by the fungus Plamospara viticola. It is frequently present in wine production worldwide, with a significant high annual incidence in some regions. Since the discovery of Bordeaux mixture (copper sulphate and lime) in the 1880’s, many formulations based on copper (Cu) have been developed and used in viticulture production. https://coppereplace.com/.