On Friday, Michaela, Albin and Georg attended the kick-off workshop of the project “Effect of climate extremes on grapevine production in South Tyrol: early detection of abiotic stress and consequences for vine quality” funded by the province of Südtirol/Alto Adige. During the course of the workshop the three project teams from Free University of Bolzano, Laimburg and University of Innsbruck visited the TerraXCube in Bolzano, where a factorial heat-drought experiment will be conducted, the EC tower at the field site near Plantaditsch, discussed the mid-term planning for 2021 and had an excellent joint lunch in the Felsenkeller at Laimburg.
Walter and student Christian seeking advice on YouTube on how to use laser distance meter to quantify tree/crown height.
Stopped by frozen soils during winter and the Corona virus in spring, Mario and Herbert, supported by Albin and Kathi, (thanks for the pics!) finally were able to make it to the site to start mounting the fence surrounding the site infrastructure so that we will be able to mount tons of sensor at the two towers in the near future – excited to finally start measurements at the site!
