WSET Diploma D1 Viticulture Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
Factors important in rootstock selection - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-resistance to
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pests
suitability to soil texture, depth and fertility
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compatible with soil's salinity, pH, lime content
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anticipated soil water availability, drainage
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vigour moderation or enhancement
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Rootstocks resistant to root-knot nematodes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Ramsey
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and Dog Ridge (both vitis champini)
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Rootstocks resistant to draught - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-110 R(ichter), 140
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R(uggeri)
hybrids of v. rupestris and v. berlandieri
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they root deeply and quickly
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Rootstocks tolerant to waterlogged soils (high rainfall/soils retaining water) -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-v. riparia (Riparia Gloire)
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Rootstocks tolerant to salinity in soils - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1103 Paulsen
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,Rootstocks tolerant to acidic soils - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-99 Richter
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110 Richter |
hybrids of v. rupetris and v. berlandieri
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Main grape varieties - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-vitis vinifera (native to Eurasia)
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Vitis Riparia |
v. Berlandieri
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v. rupestris
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above mainly used for rootstocks
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Anatomy of the vine: main elements - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-roots
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permanent wood (trunk) | |
one year old wood
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main shoots |
Structure of the shoots - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Main shoots
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the stem |
nodes
canes - lignified green shoots
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buds
petiole (leaf stalk) | |
kinds of buds - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Compound buds (latent buds) - break open
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in the following season
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, Prompt buds - form and break in the same growing season, produce lateral
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shoots
canopy elements - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-lateral shoots
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tendrils
leaves
inflorences
bunches
grapes (pulp, skin seeds)
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Vine propagation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. Cutting - allows usage of rootstocks,
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can be treated for disease
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2. Layering - burying a cane and cutting it off once it establishes root; cannot be
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grafted
Why use different clones? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-yields
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berry size |
resistance to disease | |
skin thickness
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Mass selection (Selection Massale) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-growers cultivate
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their own cuttings
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expensive and labor intensive, takes a long time
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Questions With Correct Answers
Factors important in rootstock selection - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-resistance to
| | | | | | | | |
pests
suitability to soil texture, depth and fertility
| | | | | |
compatible with soil's salinity, pH, lime content
| | | | | |
anticipated soil water availability, drainage
| | | |
vigour moderation or enhancement
| | |
Rootstocks resistant to root-knot nematodes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Ramsey
| | | | | | | |
and Dog Ridge (both vitis champini)
| | | | |
Rootstocks resistant to draught - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-110 R(ichter), 140
| | | | | | | | |
R(uggeri)
hybrids of v. rupestris and v. berlandieri
| | | | | |
they root deeply and quickly
| | | |
Rootstocks tolerant to waterlogged soils (high rainfall/soils retaining water) -
| | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-v. riparia (Riparia Gloire)
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Rootstocks tolerant to salinity in soils - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1103 Paulsen
| | | | | | | | |
,Rootstocks tolerant to acidic soils - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-99 Richter
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110 Richter |
hybrids of v. rupetris and v. berlandieri
| | | | | |
Main grape varieties - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-vitis vinifera (native to Eurasia)
| | | | | | | | |
Vitis Riparia |
v. Berlandieri
|
v. rupestris
| |
above mainly used for rootstocks
| | | |
Anatomy of the vine: main elements - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-roots
| | | | | | | |
permanent wood (trunk) | |
one year old wood
| | |
main shoots |
Structure of the shoots - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Main shoots
| | | | | | |
the stem |
nodes
canes - lignified green shoots
| | | |
buds
petiole (leaf stalk) | |
kinds of buds - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Compound buds (latent buds) - break open
| | | | | | | | | | |
in the following season
| | | |
, Prompt buds - form and break in the same growing season, produce lateral
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
shoots
canopy elements - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-lateral shoots
| | | | |
tendrils
leaves
inflorences
bunches
grapes (pulp, skin seeds)
| | |
Vine propagation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1. Cutting - allows usage of rootstocks,
| | | | | | | | | | |
can be treated for disease
| | | |
2. Layering - burying a cane and cutting it off once it establishes root; cannot be
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
grafted
Why use different clones? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-yields
| | | | | |
berry size |
resistance to disease | |
skin thickness
|
Mass selection (Selection Massale) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-growers cultivate
| | | | | | | |
their own cuttings
| |
expensive and labor intensive, takes a long time
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