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.
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.
Sustainability and the consequences of climate change challenging today’s viticulture resulted in a high demand for new disease resistant varieties (DRVs).
Grape breeding has benefited from a long and worldwide effort to develop new varieties able to control major diseases such as downy mildew, caused by Plasmopara viticola, and powdery mildew, caused by Erysiphe necator.
Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of heat waves, posing a major challenge to grapevine cultivation across Europe.
The Cornell Grapevine Breeding Program (CGBP), based at Cornell AgriTech in Geneva, New York, develops new wine grape cultivars adapted to the northeastern United States (US) and other cool-climate regions.
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.
The University of Minnesota grape breeding program is releasing three new cold-hardy, seedless table grapes. MN1296 (marketed as EmberGloÔ),
Breeding programs have been launched in the leading wine-growing countries and have been successful since there are multiple new disease-resistant cultivars on the market available to the vine growers.
The ‘Défi Clé Vinid’Occ’ is a multidisciplinary research program—supported by the Occitanie Region and led by the University of Montpellier—which aims at responding to the major challenges faced by the wine