Dr Peter Dry

Dr Peter Dry

  • Biography/ Background
    • 1970-1975: Research Officer, SA Dept. of Agriculture
    • 1975-1990: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (Viticulture), Roseworthy Agricultural College
    • 1990-present: Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, Univ. of Adelaide.

  • Qualifications
    BAgSc, MAgSc, PhD (University of Adelaide)

  • Teaching Interests
    • Program coordinator: BSc (Viticulture) and postgraduate coursework in Viticulture (Grad. Cert., Grad. Diploma, Masters)
    • Course coordinator: Viticultural Production, Viticultural Methods and Procedures
    • Teaching in following courses: Foundations of Wine Science, Viticultural Science, Viticultural Production, Viticultural Methods and Procedures, Vineyard and Winery Operations I and II.

  • Research Interests
    • Flowering and fruit set of grapevines
    • Manipulation of grapevine yield and wine quality by yield adjustment, delayed harvest, canopy management, irrigation and rootstock
    • Evaluation of new winegrape varieties
    • Whole plant physiology of grapevines, particularly stress physiology; grapevine water relations and mechanisms regulating water-use efficiency
    • Irrigation strategies for improvement of water-use efficiency of woody perennial plants, particularly Partial Rootzone Drying and its effects on vegetative growth (roots and shoots), yield components, fruit composition and water relations of grapevines and other crops
    • Effect of canopy microclimate on fruit composition

  • Publications
    A selection of 10

    Coombe, B G and Dry, P R (eds) (1992) Viticulture. Volume 2 Practices. Winetitles, Adelaide 376 pp.

    Dry, P.R., Loveys, B.R., Duering, H. and Botting, B.G. (1996) Effects of partial root-zone drying on grapevine vigour, yield composition of fruit and use of water. In: Proceedings 9th Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference, Adelaide, Australia. Eds C.S. Stockley, A.N. Sas, R.S. Johnstone and T.H. Lee (Winetitles:Adelaide) pp. 128-131

    Dry, P.R. (2000) Canopy management for fruitfulness. Aust. Journal of Grape and Wine Research 6: 109-115

    Dry, P.R., Loveys, B.R.and Duering, H. (2000a) Partial drying of the root-zone of grape. 1. Transient changes in shoot growth and gas exchange. Vitis 39(1): 3-8.

    Dry, P.R., Loveys, B.R., McCarthy, M.G. and Stoll, M. (2001) Strategic irrigation management in Australian vineyards). J. Int. Sci. Vigne Vin 35(3): 1-11

    Wolf, T.K., Dry, P.R., Iland, P.G., Botting, D.G. Dick, J., Kennedy, U. and Ristic, R. (2003) Response of Shiraz grapevines to five different training systems in the Barossa Valley, Australia. Aust. J. of Grape and Wine Research 9: 82-95

    Du Toit, G., Dry, P.R. and Loveys, B.R. (2003). A preliminary investigation on partial root zone drying effects on grapevine performance, nitrogen assimilation and berry composition. South African J. of Enology and Viticulture 24(2): 43-54

    Dry, P.R. and Coombe, B.G. (eds) (2004) Viticulture, Volume 1 Resources, 2nd edition (Winetitles, Adelaide) 255 pp.

    Longbottom, M.L., Dry, P.R. and Sedgley, M. (2004) A research note on the occurrence of star flowers in grapevines: Observations during the 2003-2004 growing season. Aust. J. of Grape and Wine Research 10: 199-202

    Soar, C.J., Dry, P.R. and Loveys, B.R. (2006) Scion photosynthesis and leaf gas exchange in Vitis vinifera L. cv. Shiraz: mediation of rootstock effects via xylem sap ABA. Aust J. Grape and Wine Res. 12: 82-96.

  • Community Engagement
    • Associate Editor of Australian and New Zealand Wine Industry Journal
    • Consultant to several vineyard development and management companies.

    Prizes and awards

    • Co-inventor (with Br Brian Loveys) of the partial rootzone drying PRD irrigation strategy. In 2001, PRD was named as one of the 100 most important technological innovations of the 20th century in Australia by the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering

    • Winner of SA Great Award in 2003 for Science and Technology (jointly with B Loveys and M McCarthy for the development of partial rootzone drying)

    • 2004 Riverlink Award: Scientific award to CRCV-MDBC Water use efficiency team

    • 2005 Riverlink Collaborative Scientific Team Award

  • Media Expertise
    CategoriesWine & Viticulture
    ExpertiseViticulture (vine canopy management; shoot and inflorescence development, vine response to stress)
    NotesAlt phone: (08) 8303 7242
    After hours(08) 8278 4972

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Entry last updated: Sunday, 3 Oct 2021