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Record 1 2021-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Viticulture
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
  • Winemaking
DEF

A grape used in making wine.

CONT

Scientists have long suspected that crop diversity is key to making agriculture more resilient to climate change, and wine grapes offer a unique opportunity to test this assumption. They are both extremely diverse [...] and well-documented, with harvest data stretching back centuries. Wine grapes are also extremely sensitive to the changes in temperature and season that come with climate change.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Viticulture
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
  • Industrie vinicole
DEF

Raisin servant à la fabrication du vin.

CONT

Les raisins de cuve (ou raisins à vin par opposition aux raisins de table) sont, sous nos climats tempérés, des fruits [à] développement ralenti et [à] maturité tardive.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Viticultura
  • Frutas y verduras (Tipos y procesamiento - Ind. alimentaria)
  • Industria vinícola
DEF

La uva fresca madura y sobremadura en la misma planta o soleada después de la vendimia, sin llegar a la pasificación, que haya de entrar en el proceso de elaboración del mosto o del vino.

CONT

Las uvas de vinificación se recogen a finales de verano cuando están maduras.

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Record 2 - external organization data 2014-04-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Equipment
  • Vegetable Crop Production
  • Compartment - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
OBS

Researchers at the Crops and Livestock Research Centre in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island have developed a mechanical device which is attached to a farm tractor capable of tripping carrot tops in the field. This device trims the foliage, allowing for air flow and reducing opportunity for disease in the crop.

OBS

carrot foliage trimmer; carrot trimmer: Terms used by the Translation and Revision Service of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel agricole
  • Production légumière
  • Tiroir - Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada
OBS

Des chercheurs du Centre de recherches sur les cultures et les bestiaux, à Charlottetown, à l'Île-du-Prince-Édouard, ont conçu un dispositif mécanique qui peut être accroché à un tracteur pour tailler la fane des carottes à même le champ. Le dispositif coupe le feuillage, ce qui favorise la circulation d'air et réduit les risques de maladie pour la récolte.

OBS

défaneuse de carottes : Terme à privilégier selon le Service de traduction et de révision d'Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada.

Spanish

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Record 3 1995-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farming Techniques
  • Crop Protection

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques agricoles
  • Protection des végétaux

Spanish

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