Over the past two decades, grapevine rootstock breeding programs have increasingly favored genotypes with a tendency toward anisohydric behavior, which are better adapted to hot and arid conditions.
Sugar accumulation and organic acid degradation are key indicators of grape quality and require monitoring throughout the breeding process in the field.
Fungal diseases are one of the major causes of economic losses in agriculture. Here we present a high-throughput system for automatic phenotyping of foliar discs inoculated with Asian Leaf Rust (ALR), caused by Neophysopella tropicalis (Ono).
Epidermal Patterning Factors (EPFs) constitute a family of small, highly conserved peptides that regulate diverse physiological and developmental processes in plants.
Recent advances in high-throughput phenotyping, particularly near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy, have prompted interest in phenomic selection as a powerful tool for breeding.
Improving the in vitro establishment of grapevine buds is important for micropropagation, sanitation programs, and germplasm conservation.
Leaf senescence in grapevines is a key developmental process influencing photosynthesis and carbon allocation from source tissues to sinks, with important implications for vineyard productivity.
Ongoing climate change poses increasing challenges for viticulture, as higher temperatures, more frequent heat extremes, and intensified ultraviolet (UV) radiation expose grapevines to severe abiotic stress conditions.
Sustainability and the consequences of climate change challenging today’s viticulture resulted in a high demand for new disease resistant varieties (DRVs).
Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of heat waves, posing a major challenge to grapevine cultivation across Europe.
Root traits are key determinants of plant performance and represent important targets for crop improvement.
Grapevine productivity is increasingly threatened due to climate change. Grapevine clusters are especially sensitive to fungal infections such as Botrytis bunch rot and to abiotic stresses including sunburn damage.
Phenotyping refers to the description of phenotypes and can range from morphological characteristics to plant compounts.
Developing rootstocks adapted to environmental constraints constitutes a key lever for grapevine adaptation to climate change.