Handbook for Irrigation of Wine Grapes in South Africa

Handbook for irrigation of wine grapes in South Africa All rights reserved Copyright © 2018 Agricultural Research Council 1134 Park Street, Hatfield Pretoria, PO Box 8783, Pretoria 0001 Tel: +27 (0)12 427 9700 E-mail: enquiry@arc.agric.za The author has made every effort to obtain permission for and acknowledge the use of copyrighted material. Please refer enquiries to the author. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any electronic, photographic or mechanical means, including photocopying and recording on record, tape or laser disk, on microfilm, via the Internet, by e-mail, or by any other information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission by the author. First edition 2018

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Cover Without cold, wet winters, neither man, nor grapevine can thrive in the long, dry summers.

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