Water availability is arguably the most important environmental factor limiting crop growth
and productivity. Erratic precipitation patterns and increased temperatures resulting from …

Background A large proportion of vineyards are located in regions with seasonal drought
(eg Mediterranean-type climates) where soil and atmospheric water deficits, together with …

The Science of Grapevines, Third Edition reflects the latest insights into cultivar
relationships, vascular transport, hormone action, and stress responses of grapevines …

Wine is made up of more than one thousand compounds, the majority of which, such as
vitamins and minerals, come from the grapes, while others, like ethanol and glycerol, are …

Grapevine reproductive development extends over two seasons, and the genotypic
expression of yield potential and fruit composition is subject to environmental impacts, which …

This review deals with grapevine responses to water stress by examining perturbations to
physiological and molecular processes at the root, shoot, leaf and berry levels. Long …

K+ is the most abundant cation in the grape berry. Here we focus on the most recent
information in the long distance transport and partitioning of K+ within the grapevine and …

Carbon captured through photosynthesis is transported, and sometimes stored in plants, as
sugar. All organic compounds in plants trace to carbon from sugars, so sugar metabolism is …

In winegrowing regions around the world increasing temperature associated with climate
change is responsible for earlier harvests and is implicated in undesirably high sugar …

Water use efficiency (WUE), defined as the ratio of plant carbon gain to water use in various
spatio-temporal scales, is a complex indicator of physiological, agronomic, and engineering …