Resilience of grapevine berries to sunburn necrosis and secondary infections
Climate change increasingly challenges viticulture through heatwaves and drought on the one hand as well as high precipitation levels on the other.
LED spectra to improve cuttings in Vitis vinifera cv. ‘Nebbiolo’ and ‘Barbera’
High-quality planting material is important for sustainable viticulture, and the early establishment of grapevine cuttings depends on rapid adventitious rooting and vigorous shoot growth.
Effect of minor allele frequency on the predictive accuracy of genomic selection models optimized by grid search
Although the grapevine (Vitis spp.) is among the oldest and most economically significant fruit species globally (Candar et al., 2021), its genetic improvement faces major bottlenecks due to long juvenile periods and extended cycles for phenotype evaluation
Enhancing competitiveness through independent table grape breeding programs
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
Shared genetic control of seasonal bud freezing tolerance and winter endurance in an F2 grapevine population
Freezing tolerance is an important trait affecting grapevine winter survival in the Northern United States.
New in vitro culture techniques for molecular editing programs in grapevine
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.
SUSTEMICROP project: evaluation of grapevine varieties as agroecological innovations for climate change adaptation in sustainable viticulture
Mediterranean viticulture faces increasing pressure from rising temperatures, altered phenology, and intensified disease incidence.
The hidden outcomes of clonal selection: cultivar-specific water-use efficiency dynamics in grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.)
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.
Correction of environmental interference in field applications of handheld NIR spectroscopy for grape quality assessment
Sugar accumulation and organic acid degradation are key indicators of grape quality and require monitoring throughout the breeding process in the field.
Development of a high-performance platform based on computational vision for grape leaf rust phenotyping
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).
Preliminary works on varietal selection for resistance to Xylella
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
Enhanced in vitro bud sprouting of field-derived grapevine material
Improving the in vitro establishment of grapevine buds is important for micropropagation, sanitation programs, and germplasm conservation.
Relaunch of the PIWI grapevine breeding program at Geisenheim University
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.
Genetic and developmental regulation of leaf senescence in grapevine rootstocks and grafted scions
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.
Less effort, improved results: the potential of sensor fusion to optimize grape cluster phenotyping
Sustainability and the consequences of climate change challenging today’s viticulture resulted in a high demand for new disease resistant varieties (DRVs).
Scaling disease-resistant grape varieties adoption: optimization of the ampelographic platform and management practices in Switzerland and Europe
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.
Phenotyping of heat response traits in a grapevine segregating population (Rhine Riesling × Cabernet-Sauvignon)
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: developing disease-resistant cultivars for more sustainable wine production
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.
Predictive metabolomics of root traits across environments in Vitis spp.
Root traits are key determinants of plant performance and represent important targets for crop improvement.
Spectral differences of grapevine leaves and clusters affect prediction accuracy of cluster architecture and juice traits
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.