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IVES 9 IVES Conference Series 9 GiESCO 9 Identifying wild Vitis riparia Michx clones as a source of rootstock to mitigate vigour and acclimation/deacclimation cycles of the scion

Identifying wild Vitis riparia Michx clones as a source of rootstock to mitigate vigour and acclimation/deacclimation cycles of the scion

Abstract

Context and purpose of the study – Grapevine rootstocks have traditionally been chosen in order to manage scion vigour, soil pests and soil conditions. Riparia Gloire de Montpellier (RGM) has been in use since the turn of the 19thcentury, over 100 years and still a remarkably stable source of phylloxera (Daktulosphaeria vitifoliae Fitch) resistance. The original source material was probably collected near the Missouri/Mississippi river confluence, a mid-continental but more southerly location in the United States. It has been hypothesized that more northerly selections of V. ripariaMichx might improve both fall acclimation rate and depth of the scion, thus mitigating late fall frost and midwinter freeze damage. The relatively low vigour and drought sensitivity imparted to the scion may also reduce vigour further on high vigour sites with coarse soil types. However, there could also be the potential hazard of aggravating rapid de-acclimation in the spring, a common trait of northerly adapted plants where, after endo-dormancy is complete, eco-dormancy is normally maintained through consistently cold winters.

Materials and methods – Wild V. riparia clones (> 800) were collected in 2010-11 over an east-west transect of >600 km from Windsor to Kingston Ontario. Field selection concentrated on vine found on coarse soil sites and with large, healthy trunk diameter, proxies for longevity and stress tolerance. Fifteen were selected for further study based on late budbreak, mid-season flowering, early veraison/wood ripening/leaf senescence and high proline accumulation under greenhouse drought stress. Using Pinot noir Cl 828 as the scion, they were planted in a randomized, replicated trial (2015/16) at two sites, both on deep, coarse soils in the Norfolk Sand Plain of southwestern Ontario.

Ravaz Index (RI, yield/pruning weight ratio), fruit quality and environmental adaptability (differential thermal analysis (DTA), fall, midwinter and spring) was measured, with small, efficient vines with improved bud survival over RGM and other riparia derived rootstocks being the target.

The purported V. ripari spp syrticola , a selection included in the trial, and the 14 other selections are undergoing molecular investigations using high throughput sequencing (HTS) to identify similarities and differences parallel to phenological observations.

Results – Since 2019, improvements over RGM in terms of efficiency (RI) and DTA have been measured for several selections, with higher RI values and lower LT50 temperatures for DTA/LT50 in fall and midwinter. However, spring LT50 values are inconsistent. More winter DTA data is being collected for 2022-23. HTS results are incomplete at this stage.

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Publication date: July 5, 2023

Issue: GiESCO 2023

Type: Poster

Authors

K. Helen FISHER1*, Ping LIANG2, Ali RAHEMI3

1DPA/OAC, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON  N1G 2W1 Canada
2Biological Sciences, Brock University, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1
3College of Agriculture, Virginia State University, PO Box 9061, Petersburg, VA 23806, USA

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Keywords

Vitis riparia, rootstock selection, vigour control, DTA analysis

Tags

GiESCO | GIESCO 2023 | IVES Conference Series

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