The XIVth International Symposium on Grapevine Breeding and Genetics is held in Zagreb (Croatia) from June 28 to July 2, 2026.
The event is organised by the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb in collaboration with Institute for Adriatic Crops and Karst Reclamation Split, Institute of Agriculture and Tourism Poreč, Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek.
Freeing seedless table grape producers from paying royalties on patents held by international breeding companies is a primary objective of the breeding programs promoted by the IVC
Freezing tolerance is an important trait affecting grapevine winter survival in the Northern United States.
Grapevine breeding programs have traditionally focused on the development of seedless table grape cultivars combining high berry quality with resistance to major pathogens, in response to both market demand and sustainability goals.
Mediterranean viticulture faces increasing pressure from rising temperatures, altered phenology, and intensified disease incidence.
Clonal selection represents a key approach in the genetic improvement of grapevines. Its primary objective is to fix, within commercial clones, the cumulative somatic variations that have arisen over time in vegetatively propagated vineyards and that confer valuable agronomic traits.
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).
At the beginning of 2024, an outbreak of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. fastidiosa (Xff), ranked among the twenty priority pests, was intercepted on Vitis vinifera in Apulia (Cornara et al., 2025), well-known to be the causal agent of Pierce’s Disease (PD) of grapevine in California
Improving the in vitro establishment of grapevine buds is important for micropropagation, sanitation programs, and germplasm conservation.
The development of disease-resistant grapevine cultivars (PIWI) has become a key strategy to reduce fungicide inputs, increase climate resilience, and meet regulatory and societal demands for sustainable viticulture.