Over decades, the concept of grape quality has evolved emphasizing its multidisciplinary
nature and that the same “desired quality” might correspond to even strikingly different …

The grape is one of the oldest and most important horticultural crops. Grape and wine aroma
has long been of cultural and scientific interest. The diverse compound classes comprising …

Understanding the Vitis species at the genomic level is important for cultivar improvement of
grapevine. Here we report whole-genome genetic variation at single-base resolution of 472 …

The necessity to adapt to climate change is even stronger for grapevine than for other crops,
because grape berry composition—a key determinant of fruit and wine quality, typicity and …

Breeding fruit species is time-consuming and expensive. With few exceptions, trees are
likely the worst species to work with in terms of genetics and breeding. Most are …

Transferable DNA markers are essential for breeding and genetics. Grapevine (Vitis)
breeders utilize disease resistance alleles from congeneric species~ 20 million years …

The Mediterranean basin is especially sensitive to the adverse outcomes of climate change
and especially to variations in rainfall patterns and the incidence of extremely high …

Key message In a grapevine segregating population, genomic regions governing berry pH
were identified, paving the way for breeding new grapevine varieties best adapted to a …

Downy mildew, caused by Plasmopara viticola, is a major disease that affects grapevines,
and a few resistance (R) genes have been identified thus far. In order to identify R genes, we …

Within the EU, changes in policy and public sentiment have made it more urgent to consider
the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices. Consequently, one of the EU's goals is to …