Identifying economic hurdles to early adoption of preventative practices: The case of trunk diseases in California winegrape vineyards

• Published in: Wine economics and policy Vol. 5; no. 2; pp. 127 - 141
• Main Authors: Kaplan, Jonathan D, Travadon, Renaud, Cooper, Monica, Hillis, Vicken, Lubell, Mark, Baumgartner, Kendra
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier 01.12.2016; Elsevier B.V; Firenze University Press
• Subjects: Early adoption; Grapevine trunk diseases; Plant-disease management; Preventative practices; Grapevine trunk diseases; Preventative practices; Early adoption; Plant-disease management

Despite the high likelihood of infection and substantial yield losses from trunk diseases, many California practitioners wait to adopt field-tested, preventative practices (delayed pruning, double pruning, and application of pruning-wound protectants) until after disease symptoms appear in the viney...