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Along Lake Erie's Southeast shoreline, the land in New York and Pennsylvania quickly rises over 700 feet to the Allegheny Plateau. Sandwiched between the temperature moderating waters of Lake Erie and the 700 foot earthen wall sits a narrow band of land ideal for agricultural fruit production in the Northeastern, U.S. Although also home to the production of peaches, cherries, apples, blueberries, and other fruit crops, agriculture in the region is dominated by grape production with Concord as the main variety. Viticulture research at the Cornell Vineyard Laboratory focuses on improving grape production in this unique region.
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One of the goals of the Lake Erie Regional Grape Program is to ensure that the research they conduct is useful to grape growers. One way to ensure this happens is to incorporate grower participation into any research project from the very beginning.
Kevin Martin, Extension Educator, Business Management
![GPS Technology in Local Vineyards](https://nygpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/images/submission/image100_thumb.jpg)
Kevin Martin, from the Lake Erie Regional Grape Program (Penn State University), is currently creating baseline economic data to provide regional grape growers with commercialization strategies for spatial vineyard management.
![Freeze Damage](https://nygpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/images/submission/image88_thumb.jpg)
Lake Erie Grape belt low temperatures in Feb 2015 reached -19 to -29 degrees F and this has caused variable damage to fruiting buds of grapevines. Viticulture Specialist, Luke Haggerty, and the CLEREL staff are evaluating the extent of bud damage from several vineyards across the region.
Terry Bates, Director, Cornell Lake Erie Research & Extension
![Crop Estimation and Thinning Table](https://nygpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/images/submission/image65_thumb.jpg)
A "no math"cheat sheet you can bring with you into the field to help you in crop estimation and thinning. The table does the rest of the math for you. Happy estimating!
James Taylor, Post-Doctoral Fellow
![Adapting Canopy Sensing Systems into Juice Grape Production](https://nygpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/images/submission/image60_thumb.jpg)
The LERGP team at CLEREL are researching and developing methods to incorporate information from high-resolution canopy sensors into Concord (and Niagara) production systems. Two sensing systems are being trialed; the N-Tech GreenSeeker and Holland Scientific CropCircle. These canopy sensors operate by measuring the reflectance of visible (Blue, Green and/or Red) and Near Infra-Red (NIR) light from the leaves. The amount of reflectance is dependent on i) the number of leaves and ii) the health (color and cell structure) of these leaves.
Local Grower Assists in the Development of Technology for the Lake Erie Concord
Last Modified: July 27, 2017
One of the goals of the Lake Erie Regional Grape Program is to ensure that the research they conduct is useful to grape growers. One way to ensure this happens is to incorporate grower participation into any research project from the very beginning.
GPS Technology in Local Vineyards
Kevin Martin, Extension Educator, Business Management
Lake Erie Regional Grape Program
Last Modified: July 19, 2017
![GPS Technology in Local Vineyards](https://nygpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/images/submission/image100_thumb.jpg)
Kevin Martin, from the Lake Erie Regional Grape Program (Penn State University), is currently creating baseline economic data to provide regional grape growers with commercialization strategies for spatial vineyard management.
Freeze Damage
Last Modified: February 24, 2015
![Freeze Damage](https://nygpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/images/submission/image88_thumb.jpg)
Lake Erie Grape belt low temperatures in Feb 2015 reached -19 to -29 degrees F and this has caused variable damage to fruiting buds of grapevines. Viticulture Specialist, Luke Haggerty, and the CLEREL staff are evaluating the extent of bud damage from several vineyards across the region.
Crop Estimation and Thinning Table
Terry Bates, Director, Cornell Lake Erie Research & Extension
Lake Erie Regional Grape Program
Last Modified: June 28, 2013
![Crop Estimation and Thinning Table](https://nygpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/images/submission/image65_thumb.jpg)
A "no math"cheat sheet you can bring with you into the field to help you in crop estimation and thinning. The table does the rest of the math for you. Happy estimating!
Adapting Canopy Sensing Systems into Juice Grape Production
James Taylor, Post-Doctoral Fellow
Lake Erie Regional Grape Program
Last Modified: April 10, 2013
![Adapting Canopy Sensing Systems into Juice Grape Production](https://nygpadmin.cce.cornell.edu/images/submission/image60_thumb.jpg)
The LERGP team at CLEREL are researching and developing methods to incorporate information from high-resolution canopy sensors into Concord (and Niagara) production systems. Two sensing systems are being trialed; the N-Tech GreenSeeker and Holland Scientific CropCircle. These canopy sensors operate by measuring the reflectance of visible (Blue, Green and/or Red) and Near Infra-Red (NIR) light from the leaves. The amount of reflectance is dependent on i) the number of leaves and ii) the health (color and cell structure) of these leaves.
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