Teaching
Alain has more than 20 years of experience lecturing in viticulture (French and English).
Alain main scientific and practical teaching topics are:
Grapevine physiology, vine and fruit responses to abiotic factors as water, light and temperature (including relations to fruit and wine composition), vineyard irrigation, pruning and general viticulture (vineyard management, training systems, the concept of terroir...).
Let's share a few industry journal and peer reviewed publications and factsheets (knowledge transfer) aimed at students and graduates of higher education in agronomy, especially in Vine and Wine sciences (agricultural engineers, masters and enologists), wishing to deepen their knowledge:
2024
La vigne et l'eau, Deloire A. & Pellegrino A., 2024. Vignes et Vergers, N°7, Juillet 2024. Deloire A. & Pellegrino A., 2024. La vigne et l'eau, Vignes et Vergers, N°7, Juillet 2024.pdf
La vigne et l'eau, Pellegrino A. & Deloire A., 2024. La Paysan Vigneron, mensuel 1274 (Avril). La vigne et l'eau-A. Pellegrino-A. Deloire_La paysan Vigneron_Avril 2024-Mensuel 1274.pdf
La Grêle chez la vigne (document de travail)-Deloire A., Hublart P., Perilhou C., 2022 (modifié en 2024)-Conséquences des dégats de grêle sur vigne - AD-PH-CP-27092022-Modifié 04052024.pdf
Le diaphragme chez la vigne (document de travail), Deloire A., 2024. Le diaphragme chez la vigne-AD-OY-01022024.pdf
The English cleft graft, Deloire A., 2024. La greffe en fente anglaise-A. Deloire-Pép. Bérillon-24022024-DEF-01042024-FR & EN.pdf
The grapevine different types of meristems and buds, Torregrosa L. & Deloire A., 2024. Buds-meristems-grapevine-02102021-LT-AD-version du 01042024.pdf
2022
A few words on grapevine flower fertilisation-AD-SR-DEF-07062022.pdf
Grapevine Flowering-21052022-Working document-AD-AP-SR-DEF.pdf
2021
History of grapevine training system (parts 1 & 2) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYS42UE3jU4&t=4s
Preventing ESCA grapevine wood disease by applying gentle pruning practices, Esca and pruning-AD-01102021-DEF.pdf
Grapevine pruning system called "Cordon à longs bois et coursons" by J. Guyot (1864). Cordon with spurs and canes-J. Guyot, 1864-A. Deloire02042021.pdf
2020
Alain Deloire, Suzy Rogiers, Guillaume Antalick, Anne Pellegrino, 2020. Berry primary and secondary metabolites in response to sunlight and temperature in the grapevine fruit zone, https://ives-technicalreviews.eu/article/view/4498 Deloire et al., 2020. Berry metabolite responses to abiotic factors-IVES.pdf
Does water deficit negatively impact wine grape yield over the long term? : Levin et al., 2020-water deficit and yield-4029-Article Text-31460-1-10-20200812 (1).pdf
Grapevine flowers and flowering : Flowers and flowering-25052020-DEF.pdf
Grapevine dormancy and primary shoot growth, a review : -Dormancy-3420-Article Text-27291-1-10-20200513 (1).pdf
Acrotony and apical dominance: Acrotony and apical dominance-Grapevine-18052020-AD-AP.pdf
From 2019...
Taille Chablis: Taille Chablis - Rev FINAL copy 301019-Sally Easton-A. Deloire.pdf
About grapevine roots: Grapevine root system-Parts 1&2- 270319-Def.pdf
About ripening and the method of sugar loading: L18_Schmidtke_ACTA_HORT_Author_version_2018.pdf
About grapevine development: Grapevine Development (Part 1 - 6)-2010.pdf
About berry development: Berry Development (Part 1 - 10)-2010.pdf
About measuring vine water status:Leaf Water potential-Wineland-2011.pdf
About grapevine training systems: A few thoughts on grapevine training systems_2012.pdf
About IBMP and fruit zone microclimate: Methoxypyrazines-PWV-2014.pdf
Alain is lecturing at the Bachelor and Master levels at SupAgro (Montpellier, France).
Alain mentored numerous PhD students as main supervisor and co-supervisor (obviously a PhD is a team effort). The examples provided below give a flavours of his teaching and research expertises.
Zelmari Coetzee (Australia) 2015-2017 (Completed)
Title: "The sugar-potassium nexux in the grape berry". Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, Ausralia. Co-supervisor with Dr Suzy Rogiers (NSW-DPI, main supervisor), Dr Rob Walker (CSIRO) and Dr Simon Clark.
Gerhard C. Rossouw (Australia) 2015-2017 (completed)
Title: “Grapevine carbohydrate and nitrogen allocation during berry maturation: Implications of source-sink relations and water supply. PhD Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, Australia. Co-supervisor with Dr B. Holzapfel (main supervisor) and Drs Celia Barril, Jason Smith (co-supervisors).
Erna Witbooi (StellenSouth Africa) 2009 – 2015 (completed)
Title: “Berry tannin structure and evolution in cv. Cabernet Sauvignon: the contribution of abiotic factors”. PhD, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. PhD supervisor with Prof JR Da Silva (Lisbon, Portugal) and Dr A. Oberholster (UC-Davis, California).
Katja Suklje (Slovenia) 2011 – 2014 (completed).
Title: “Influence of viticulture practice on the dynamic of some secondary metabolites in grape of grapevine variety Sauvignon Blanc (Vitis vinifera L.)”. PhD University of Slovenia and Stellenbosch Univesrity. PhD co-supervisor with DR D. Rusjan as main supervisor.
Ignacio Serra (Chile) 2010 – 2014 (completed)
Title: “Effect of rootstocks on Pinotage (Vitis vinifera L.) adaptation to drought”. PhD, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. PhD supervisor with Dr P. Myburgh (co-supervisor, ARC-Infruitec, Nietvoorbij).
Flor Etchebarne, (Peru) 2006 – 2008 (completed). Title: “Influence of grapevine water status in interaction with the leaves area on water, sugar and minerals berry loading (Vitis vinifera L., CV. Grenache noir)”. PhD, SupAgro Montpellier, France. PhD main supervisor. |
Zhenping Wang, (China) 2001 – 2003 (completed).
Title: “Influence of vine water status in interaction with the training system on vine sugar distribution and on berry sugar loading (Vitis vinifera L., CV. Syrah)”. PhD, SupAgro Montpellier, France, presented, December 2003. A. Carbonneau and A. Deloire (PhD co-supervisors).
Hernan Ojeda, (Argentina). 1997 – 1999 (completed).
Title: “Influence of grapevine water status on berry growth and phenolics composition (Vitis vinifera L. cv. Syrah)”. PhD, SupAgro Montpellier. presented November,1999. A. Carbonneau and A. Deloire (PhD co-supervisors).
Elena Kraeva, PhD student at the University of St Pétersbourg, Russie. 1996 – 1999 (completed).
Title: “Grapevine defense mechanisms (Vitis vinifera L.): berry evolution of -1,3-glucanases and of phenolic compounds”. PhD from the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne. Presented December 1999. J. Bierne and A. Deloire (PhD co-supervisors).
He is involved in projects related to pedagogy improvement and highly engaged with students and colleagues to acheive that goal.
To know more about training programmes in vine and wine sciences at SupAgro (BSc, MSc), visite the SupAgro website accessible from my home page and go to IHEV page from SupAgro website.
