CENTRAL POINT, Ore. — At first blush, the “smoking chamber” at Oregon State University’s Southern Oregon Research and Extension Center might look like your average garden hoop house, with plastic sheeting draped over a PVC frame.
In reality, the prototype was designed for a novel purpose — to simulate wildfire smoke in rows of winegrapes, allowing scientists to study the effects on finished wine.
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