Viticulture is facing emerging challenges not only because of the effect of climate change on
yield and composition of grapes, but also of a social demand for environmental‐friendly …

Grapevine (Vitis vinifera subsp. vinifera) is one of the most widespread and economically
important perennial fruit crops in the world. Viticulture has changed over the years in …

Background Capturing the genetic diversity of wild relatives is crucial for improving crops
because wild species are valuable sources of agronomic traits that are essential to enhance …

Hermaphroditic (perfect) flowers were a key trait in grapevine domestication, enabling a
drastic increase in yields due to the efficiency of self-pollination in the domesticated …

Xylella fastidiosa is a bacterium that infects crops like grapevines, coffee, almonds, citrus
and olives. There is little understanding of the genes that contribute to plant resistance, the …

Grapevines are challenged by a range of diseases and pests, causing economic losses and
requiring often costly approaches to mitigate damage. Public interest in reducing the use of …

Race-specific resistance loci, whether having qualitative or quantitative effects, present plant-
breeding challenges for phenotypic selection and deciding which loci to select or stack with …

Background Introgressive hybridization can reassort genetic variants into beneficial
combinations, permitting adaptation to new ecological niches. To evaluate evolutionary …

Fine mapping of quantitative trait loci (QTL) to dissect the genetic basis of traits of interest is
essential to modern breeding practice. Here, we employed a multitiered haplotypic marker …

Muscadinia rotundifolia, the muscadine grape, has been cultivated for centuries in the
southeastern United States. M. rotundifolia is resistant to many of the pathogens that …